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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0312
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation.London, Petrie Museum, UC 6025.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
Rhomboid palette with one of its extremities decorated with a horns emblem ending in bird heads. The palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity.
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
1920: pl. XLIV.91T.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
7
Length :
29.8
Additional information
Comments
It is not certain whether this palette was found at Naqada or at Ballas.
