Palette rhomboid PAL-0217
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0217

By Hendrickx, Stan

Nubia, Meris (A-group?)

, Cemetery 41, tomb 217, object 4.

1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : early Naqada II (?)

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 217 at Meris (Reisner 1910: 213).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Fragment

Preservation information :

Both extremities are missing.

Description

The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis.

Object use

The palette has been used, causing hollowing in the central area of at least one face.

Reisner 1910: pl. pl. 63b13.
Reisner 1910: 213, fig. 148.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0217, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0217. retrieved 11 February 2025.