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Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0188
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery HK6, Tomb 49 (Sq. G11, loc. 1).
2011 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (11-13).
Date : Naqada IC–IIA
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Fragment
Description
Fragment of a rhomboid palette; pointed extremity of the long axis. The surface shows striations due to the making process, especially on the edges and allong them, but less so on the flat surface toward the center at the larger end of the fragment.
Object use
There is no evidence of this palette having been used preserved on this fragment.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
12.6 x 6.5 x 1.6
Additional information
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
