Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0285
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 1832.
1928–1929 : British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt excavation.London, British Museum, EA 63072.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
Tomb 1832 contained no pottery and could not be dated. General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
Rhomboid palette with horns emblem ending in bird heads at the extremities. The palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity.
Object use
There are no visible traces of use.
Dimensions (cm)
4
8.7
0.5
Additional information
References
1937
Mostagedda and the Tasian culture. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt, first and second years, 1928–1929. London
, 71, pl. XXX, pl. XLIII.4.2024
Rhomboid is not just a shape in predynastic times, in: Tristan, Yann; Villaeys, Julie; Ryan, Ellen M. (eds), Egypt at its Origins 7: proceedings of the seventh International Conference "Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt", Paris, 19th–23rd September 2022. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 323. Leuven
, 276–277, fig. 19.