Palette rhomboid PAL-0303
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0303

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqa ed-Deir

, Tomb 7626.

1901 : Hearst Egyptian Expedition excavation.

Berkeley, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 6-4298.

Date : Naqada IC

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 7008 (cf. Friedman 1981: app. III).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete, repaired

Preservation information :

Repaired from two fragments.

Description

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

Object use

The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.

Lythgoe & Dunham 1965: 410, fig. 185.g.
Lythgoe & Dunham 1965: 410, fig. 185.c.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

10

Length :

39

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0303, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0303. retrieved 12 February 2025.