Palette rhomboid PAL-0236
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0236

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mahasna

, Cemetery H (?).

1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Kyoto, University Museum, 557.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

The palette is repaired from two fragments; one extremity is missing.

Description

The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremities.

Object use

The available documentation does not allow to note whether or not traces of use are visible on the palette.

Nakano 2011: 77.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

10

Length :

47.4

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0236, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0236. retrieved 11 February 2025.