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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0289
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 1880.
1928–1929 : British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt excavation.London, British Museum, EA 63081.
Date : late Naqada I – Naqada II
Dated after the context of tomb 1860 (Hendrickx 1989: II, 191).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at one end of the shorter axis and angular at the other. It probably had two pointed extremities but one seems to have been reworked.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on both faces deep hollowing in the central area. There is also picking.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
7.7
Length :
26
Thickness :
2
