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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0282
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 1825.
1928–1929 : British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt excavation.London, British Museum, EA 63066.
Date : Naqada IIA
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1825 (Hendrickx 1989: II, 189).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
The extremity of one horn is broken off.
Description
Rhomboid palette with horns emblem; the fully preserved horn indicates that they were ending in bird heads. There are two small triangular ears below the base of the horns. The palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity.
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
1937: pl. XLIII.1.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
7.7
Length :
24.2
Thickness :
1
