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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0219
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery 41, tomb 406, object 4.
1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.Collection unknown
Date : Naqada IIC
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 406 at Meris (Reisner 1910: 220).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
Reisner (1910: 220) ccompares the palette to one illustrated pl. 63b1. This type of rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities. According to the description by Reisner, the palette has two suspension holes, near one another.
Object use
"Consdirably worn on both faces" (Reisner 1910: 220).
1910: 220, fig. 156.
