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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0313
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation.London, Petrie Museum, UC 6026.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
The tip of one one horm is broken off.
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.91U.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
8.5
Length :
28
