Palette rhomboid PAL-0263
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0263

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mamariya

, Tomb 21.

1907 : Brooklyn Museum excavation.

New York, Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.601.

Date : Naqada I

Date after Needler (1984: 91).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

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

Brooklyn Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Brooklyn Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Needler 1984: 99, fig. 13.60.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

8.6

Length :

56.6

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0263, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0263. retrieved 12 February 2025.