Palette rhomboid PAL-0248
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0248

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mahasna

, Tomb H29.

1908–1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Manchester, University Museum, 5070.

Date : Naqada IIA

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb H29 (Hendrickx 1989: II, 237).

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; its preserved extremity is pointed.

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area. There is also picking.

The Manchester Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
The Manchester Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
The Manchester Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
The Manchester Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

7.6

Length :

25.5

Additional information

References

Ayrton, E. R. ; Loat, W. L. S.

1911

Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London

, 13, pl. VI.31.
Hendrickx, S.

1989

De grafvelden der Naqada-cultuur in Zuid-Egypte, met bijzondere aandacht voor het Naqada III grafveld te Elkab. Interne chronologie en sociale differentiatie. PHD thesis, Leuven

, II, 237.
Patenaude, J. ; Shaw, G. J.

2011

A catalogue of Egyptian cosmetic palettes in the Manchester University Museum collection. Manchester & London

, 32–33.

Digital references

The Manchester Museum

(ed.).

Online catalogue

, retrieved 03.05.2009.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0248, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0248. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Ayrton, Edward Russell

Excavation director

Loat, William Leonard Stevenson

Excavation director