Palette rhomboid PAL-0256
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0256

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mahasna

, Tomb H61a.

1908–1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada IC

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb H61a (Hendrickx 1989: II, 240).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.

Object use

The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.

Ayrton & Loat 1911: pl. XXIII.1.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0256, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0256. retrieved 21 September 2024.