Palette rhomboid PAL-0294
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0294

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqa ed-Deir

, Tomb 7121.

1901 : Hearst Egyptian Expedition excavation.

Berkeley, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 6-3108.

Date : Naqada IIB (?)

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 7121 (cf. Friedman 1981: app. III).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

The extremities are damaged.

Description

The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis. Both extremities are damaged.

Object use

The available documentation does not allow to note whether or not traces of use are visible on the palette.

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Lythgoe & Dunham 1965: fig. 28.g.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

13

Length :

51

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0294, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0294. retrieved 21 September 2024.