Palette – rhomboid, decorated PAL-0220
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery 43, tomb 22, object 3.
1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.Aswan, Elephantine Island, Aswan Museum.
Date : Naqada IIC–D
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 22 at Dehmit (Reisner 1910: 248).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has one rounded extremitiy. The other extremity is decorated with the carved out stylised outline of a falcon, seen in profile, on top two pointed protrusions. There is an aditional triangular protrusion below the head of the falcon, which mirrors the animal's tail. It is possible for this intricate decoration to be a reworking of a horn emblem that would have been broken in antiquity.
A hole is drilled near the falcon, likely for attaching a string or thong.
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.
