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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0215
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery 41, tomb 207, object 1.
1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.Collection unknown
Date : early Naqada II (?)
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 207 at Meris (Reisner 1910: 212).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
One extremity broken off.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and originally had two rounded extremities.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing shallow hollowing in the central area of at least one face.