Palette rhomboid PAL-0196
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0196

By Hendrickx, Stan

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, Tomb U280.

1898–1899 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

The find context and the contents of tomb U280 have not been published. The palette is dated to SD 33 by Petrie (1921: pl. LVIII.91R), which corresponds to Naqada I.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

Rhomboid palette attributed by Petrie (1921: pl. LVIII) to type 91R. This type of palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities. The palette probably had a perforation next to one extremity.

 

Object use

There is no information about the use of this palette.

Petrie 1901: pl. LVII.91R.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0196, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0196. Retrieved 03 June 2024.