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Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0228
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Settlement, Sq. XLVIII A, 0—20 cm.
1935 : Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography excavation.Collection unknown (Maadi inv. 5198).
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
The palette was probably reused at Maadi. Dated after the general range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Fragment
Preservation information :
Only one end of the palette is preserved, with the extremity of its pointed tip chipped off.
Description
Fragment of a rhomboid palette, probably with pointed extremities.
Object use
No obvious traces of use can be noted on the preserved fragment. The scratches visible are probably fabrication traces.
1988: pl. 84.1.
1988: pl. V.6.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
L: 9.4
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
, 103, pl. 84.1, pl. V.6.