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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0224
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Settlement, Sq. CLXI A, 20—40 cm.
1940 : Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography excavation.Collection unknown (Maadi inv. 11219).
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
The palette was probably reused at Maadi. Dated after the general range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Fragment
Description
Fragment of rhomboid palette (?). According to Rizkana & Seeher (1988: 103), "Most of the sides and surfaces are natural, with only minor shaping". They consider the palette as a possible local copy of rhombic palettes.
Object use
The palette is deeply hollowed by use on one face.
1988: 103, pl. 83.1.
1988: pl. V.3.
Dimensions (cm)
Length :
18.6
Additional information
References
Rizkana, I. ; Seeher, J.
1988
Maadi II. The lithic industries of the Predynastic settlement: excavations at the Predynastic site of Maadi and its cemeteries conducted by Mustapha Amer and Ibrahim Rizkana on behalf of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts of Cairo University 1930–1953. Archäologische Veröffentlichungen 65. Mainz am Rhein
, pl. 83.1.