Palette – rhomboid, decorated fragment PAL-0233
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Surface find.
1933 : Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography excavation.Collection unknown (Maadi inv. S.713).
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
The palette was probably reused at Maadi. Dated after the general range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke (Incised)
Preservation : Fragment
Preservation information :
Only one extremity is preserved, with the tip broken off.
Description
Fragment of a rhomboid palette, probably with rounded ends of the shorter axis.
Decoration
The silhouette of animal is incised near the tip. It is a quadruped that faces toward the extremity of the palette: it has a rounded belly and short legs, as well a small, upturned tail; the head is quite angular. It may represent a dog, and a line running over its body and extending behind it may indicate that it is attached to a lead.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing hollowing in the central area.
Dimensions (cm)
L: 14.5
Additional information
Comments
It is not currently possible the determine if this fragment belonged to the same palette as fragment PAL-0234, which also bears incised animals.
References
1936
The excavations of the Egyptian University in the Prehistoric site at Maadi, near Cairo: the first two seasons’ work (1930–1 and 1932). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 66
, pl. VII.1936
Excavations of the Egyptian University in the Neolithic site at Maadi: second preliminary report (Season of 1932). Egyptian University Faculty of Arts Publication 20. Cairo
, pl. LXIII.2.1988
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. 84.6.
