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Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0265
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1907 : Brooklyn Museum excavation.New York, Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.602.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Fragmentary
Preservation information :
One extremity broken off.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and its preserved extremity is rounded.
Object use
The palette has been heavily used, causing on one face three, possibly four, deep depressions in a row. The other face appears to be slightly hollowed in the central area. The edge of the break was probably reworked and the palette likely continued to be used after it was broken.
1984: 99, fig. 13.66.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
10
Length :
24.8
Thickness :
1.7
