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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0326
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 1322.
1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation.Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1895.830.
Date : Naqada IIC–D (?)
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1322 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 351).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
One extremity broken off.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has rounded extremities (one broken off).
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on both faces deep hollowing in the central area and near one of the extremities.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
6.7
Length :
12.8
