Palette rhomboid PAL-0276
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0276

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mesaid

, Tomb 586.

1913 : Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts expedition.

Cambridge (MA), Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 14-63-50/B473.

Date : Naqada IIB

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 586 (Hendrickx 1989: II, 234).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The rhomboid palette is slightly angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities (one damaged).

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area.

Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (ed.) : Online catalogue.
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Dimensions (cm)

Width :

7.9

Length :

22

Thickness :

0.9

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0276, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0276. retrieved 21 September 2024.