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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0221
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery 43, tomb 23, object 4.
1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.Collection unknown
Date : Naqada IIC–D
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 23 at Dehmit (Reisner 1910: 248).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities. A hole is drilled next to one of the angles of the long side, 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. According to Reisner (1910: 248) there are traces of malachite on the palette.
1910: pl. 63b11.
1910: 248, fig. 200.
