Palette rhomboid PAL-0281
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0281

By Hendrickx, Stan

Mostagedda

, Settlement Area 1600.

1928–1929 : British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt excavation.

Cape Town, Iziko Museums of South Africa.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities.

Object use

There is no information about the use of this palette.

Brunton 1937: pl. XLIII.2.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

1.4

Length :

3.4

Additional information

Comments

According to the distribution list of objects found at Mostagedda, the palette should be in Cape Town (Brunton 1937: 154), likely in the Iziko Museums of South Africa.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0281, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0281. retrieved 21 September 2024.