Palette rhomboid PAL-0237
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0237

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mahasna

, Cemetery H (?).

1908–1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1909.1028.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.

Object use

The palette has been heavily used, causing on both faces one deep hollow and two shallower.

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Dimensions (cm)

Width :

8.2

Length :

27.7

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0237, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0237. retrieved 11 February 2025.