Palette – rhomboid PAL-0242
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb H17.
1908–1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Brussels, Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, E.2928.
Date : Naqada IC
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb H17 (cf. Eyckerman & Hendrickx 211: 380).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Intact
Description
The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing shallow hollowing of the central area on both faces.
Dimensions (cm)
9.9
24.1
Additional information
References
1911
Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London
, 10—11, 28, pl. I.5, XIII.3.2011
The Naqada I tombs H17 and H41 at el-Mahâsna: a visual reconstruction, in: Friedman, Renée; Fiske, Peter N. (eds), Egypt at its origins 3: proceedings of the Third International Conference “Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt”, London, 27th July – 1st August 2008. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 205. Leuven
, 387, fig. 13.2024
Rhomboid is not just a shape in predynastic times, in: Tristan, Yann; Villaeys, Julie; Ryan, Ellen M. (eds), Egypt at its Origins 7: proceedings of the seventh International Conference "Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt", Paris, 19th–23rd September 2022. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 323. Leuven
, 267, 269, fig. 2.
