Palette rhomboid PAL-0249
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0249

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mahasna

, Tomb H37.

1908–1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : early Naqada II (?)

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

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

One extremity missing. The palette was broken when found.

Description

The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis; its preserved extremity is rounded.

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on at least one face deep hollowing in the central area.

Ayrton & Loat 1911: pl. XXIII.4.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0249, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0249. retrieved 21 September 2024.