Palette rhomboid PAL-0270
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0270

By Hendrickx, Stan

Matmar

, Tomb 2633.

1929–1931 : British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

There are no other objects fromb 2633 besides the palette. Dated after the general range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Unknown

Description

Rhomboid palette attributed by Brunton (1948: pl. VIII) to type 90H. This type of palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremities.

Object use

There is no information about the use of this palette.

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Comments

According to the distribution list of objects found at Matmar, the palette should be in Munich (Brunton 1948: 100).

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0270, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0270. retrieved 11 February 2025.