Palette rhomboid PAL-0316
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0316

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Surface find.

1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation. Gift from William M.F. Petrie.

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 31447.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

One extremity broken off; chip on another end.

Description

The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis; its preserved extremity is pointed.

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area.

Field Museum of Natural History (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Field Museum of Natural History (ed.) : Online catalogue.

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0316, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0316. retrieved 11 February 2025.