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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0210
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery 17, tomb 60, object 1.
1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.Collection unknown
Date : early Naqada II (?)
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 60 at Khor Bahan (Reisner 1910: 116).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette has rounded projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremities.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing hollowing in the central area of at least one face. "Malachite stained on under side" according to Reisner (1910: 122).