Palette rhomboid PAL-0210
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0210

By Hendrickx, Stan

Nubia, Khor Bahan (A-group)

, 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).

Reisner 1910: pl. 63a7.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0210, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0210. retrieved 12 February 2025.