Palette rhomboid PAL-0299
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0299

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqa ed-Deir

, Tomb 7447.

1901 : Hearst Egyptian Expedition excavation.

Berkeley, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 6-3735.

Date : Naqada IIB

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 7447 (cf. Friedman 1981: app. III).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on one face shallow hollowing in the central area (Lythgoe & Dunham 1965: 274).

Lythgoe & Dunham 1965: fig. 122.e.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

9

Length :

32.4

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0299, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0299. retrieved 21 September 2024.