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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0205
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery 17, tomb 7, object 4.
1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.Collection unknown
Date : early Naqada II (?)
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 7 at Khor Bahan (Reisner 1910: 116).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Decoration
Reisner (1910: 116) compares the shape of this palette to that of a decorated one (Reisner 1910: pl. 63a6); however, this does not imply that the palette from tomb 7 was also decorated.
Object use
There is no information about the use of this palette.
1910: 116, fig. 69.
