Palette rhomboid PAL-0215
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0215

By Hendrickx, Stan

Nubia, Meris (A-group?)

, 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.

Reisner 1910: pl. 63b12.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0215, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0215. retrieved 11 March 2025.