Palette – rhomboid PAL-0225
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Settlement, Sq. CXCIX A, 0—20 cm.
1948 : Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography excavation.Collection unknown (Maadi inv. 14474 A).
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
The palette was probably reused at Maadi. Dated after the general range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Both extremities are broken off.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing shallow hollowing on one face .
Dimensions (cm)
24.8
Additional information
References
1984
New light on the relation of Maadi to the Upper Egyptian cultural sequence. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo, 40
, fig. 5.3.1988
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
, 103, pl. 83.2, pl. V.2.