Palette rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0315
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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0315

By Hendrickx, Stan

Ballas

, Settlement, North Town.

1894–1895 : Egyptian Research Account excavation.

London, Petrie Museum, UC 6052.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

Horns emblem and extremity broken off.

Description

Rhomboid palette with one of its extremities decorated with a horns emblem. The palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis. The other extremity is damaged.

Object use

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

Petrie Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

10.4

Length :

41

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0315, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0315. retrieved 11 February 2025.