Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0226
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Settlement, Sq. XCII A, 40—60 cm and XCIII A, 20—40 cm.
1933 : Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography excavation.Collection unknown (Maadi inv. 2827 & 2890).
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
The palette was reused at Maadi. Dated after the general range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Fragment
Preservation information :
Two fragments, joined together, represent just over half of the original palette.
Description
Large fragment of a rhomboid palette which is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and probably had rounded extremities (only one preserved).
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on one face deep hollowing in the central area. Afterwards, the palette was broken and the break was slightly smoothed, allowing the larger fragment to be used again (cf. Rizkana & Seeher 1988: 103).
Dimensions (cm)
19.4
Additional information
References
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. 83.3.