Palette rhomboid PAL-0317

Palette – rhomboid PAL-0317

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada
, Tomb 171.
1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation. 1895 : Gift from Jesse Haworth.

Manchester, University Museum, 4591.

Date : Naqada IIB

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 171 (Hendrickx 1989: II, 323).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

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

The Manchester Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

5.1

Length :

13.8

Additional information

References

Petrie, W. M. F. ; (and colleagues)

1894–1895

Unpublished manuscript excavation Notebook [no. 72: Naqada Great Cemetery (tombs N162–N275, N400–N402, N521–N556, N600–N601, N701–N757, N800, with gaps), Cemetery T (tombs T18–T43, with gaps), Cemetery G (tombs G1–G6, with gaps]. Petrie Museum, UCL

, p. 99.

Baumgartel, E. J.

1970

Petrie's Naqada excavation: a supplement. London

, pl. VII.

Hendrickx, S.

1989

De grafvelden der Naqada-cultuur in Zuid-Egypte, met bijzondere aandacht voor het Naqada III grafveld te Elkab. Interne chronologie en sociale differentiatie. PHD thesis, Leuven

, II, 323.

Patenaude, J. ; Shaw, G. J.

2011

A catalogue of Egyptian cosmetic palettes in the Manchester University Museum collection. Manchester & London

, 24.