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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0244
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb H17.
1908–1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Brussels, Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, E.2930.
Date : Naqada IC
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb H17 (cf. Eyckerman & Hendrickx 211: 380).
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 used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
2011: 387, fig. 14.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
5
Length :
14.3
Additional information
References
Ayrton, E. R. ; Loat, W. L. S.
1911
Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London
, 10–11, 28, pl. I.5, XIII.3.Eyckerman, M. ; Hendrickx, S.
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. 14.
