Palette rhomboid, fragment PAL-0253
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Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0253

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mahasna

, Tomb H53.

1908–1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada IC

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb H52 (Hendrickx 1989: II, 239).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Fragment

Description

Fragment of a rhomboid palette. The exact shape cannot be recognised.

Object use

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

Ayrton & Loat 1911: pl. XXIII.4 (detail).

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0253, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0253. retrieved 11 February 2025.