Palette rhomboid PAL-0238
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0238

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mahasna

, Cemetery H (?).

1908–1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Washington, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, A275551.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

The tip of one extremity is broken off.

Description

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

Object use

The palette has been used and is hollowed on the central area of both sides.

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (ed.) : Online catalogue.

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0238, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0238. retrieved 21 September 2024.