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Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0232
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Settlement, Sq. LXII A, 40—60 cm.
1933 : Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography excavation.Collection unknown (Maadi inv. 1823).
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 extremity is preserved, with the end of its tip missing.
Description
Fragment of rhomboid palette. The exact shape can not be recognised but at least one extremity is pointed.
Object use
According to Rizkana & Seeher (1988: 103), the break of the palette was worked over.
1988: pl. 84.5.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
L: 12.6
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
, 103, pl. 84.5.