Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0268
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Area 5100.
1931 : British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt excavation.Auckland, War Memorial Museum, 1932.558.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
The find context of Area 5100 has not been published. Dated after the general range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
The extremities of the horns emblem are broken off.
Description
Rhomboid palette with a horns emblem on top of one of the extremities. The tip of the horns are broken off and their exact shape cannot be recognised; two small ears are carved out below the horns. The palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has a pointed extremity.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area. There is also picking on one side.
Dimensions (cm)
7.3
19.8
0.9
Additional information
Comments
The palette is not described in the excavation report but the distribution list mentions that a palette from Area 5100 was given to the museum in Auckland (Brunton 1948: 103).
