Palette rhomboid, fragment PAL-0278
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Palette – rhomboid, fragment PAL-0278

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mesaid

, Tomb 39.

1910 : Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts expedition.

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 11.208 (M39/3).

Date : Naqada I–IIA

Dated after objects from tomb M/39 in  Boston.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Fragment

Preservation information :

Only about one half of the palette is preserved, but its extremity is missing.

Description

Fragment of a palette with rounded projections at the ends of the shorter axis.

Object use

The palette was used and may have been reworked after having been broken.

Museum of Fine Arts (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Fragment dimensions :

24.2 x 9

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0278, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0278. retrieved 21 September 2024.