Palette rhomboid PAL-0271
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0271

By Hendrickx, Stan

Matmar

, Tomb 2660.

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

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada IIB

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 2660 (Hendrickx 1989: II, 165).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

Rhomboid palette attributed by Brunton (1948: pl. VIII) to type 92F. This type of palette is rounded 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 ought to be in Berlin (Brunton 1948: 100).

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0271, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0271. retrieved 11 February 2025.