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Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0231
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Surface find.
Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography excavation.Collection unknown
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 the central part of the palette is preserved.
Description
Fragment of rhomboid palette. None of the extremities being preserved, it is impossible to determine its exact shape.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing hollowing in the central area of one face.
1988: pl. 84.4.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
L: 8.8
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. 84.4.