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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0322
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 391.
1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation, Egyptian Research Account distribution.Philadelphia, UPenn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, E 1245.
Date : Naqada II–III (?)
Hendrickx (1989 vol. II: 330) dates the tomb to Naqada IIIA2 on limited evidence but an earlier date is possible.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
Rhomboid palette attributed by Baumgartel (1970: XVI) to type 91B. This type of rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Object use
There is no information about the use of this palette.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
9
Length :
30.9
Thickness :
1.3
