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Palette – rhomboid, decorated PAL-0327
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 1378.
1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation.Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 1378.
Date : Naqada IIB
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1378 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 352).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Poorly preserved
Description
Probably a reworked fragment of a rhomboid palette. The original shape can not be recognised.
Decoration
Partially erased engraved decoration on one face, including a crocodile and possibly a hippopotamus.
Object use
The palette was used after the decoration was applied.
2019: Abb. 4
1929: Tf. 30.246.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
7.6
Length :
25.8
Additional information
References
Petrie, W. M. F. ; Quibell, J. E.
1896
Naqada and Ballas, 1895. Egyptian Research Account 1. London
, pl. LI.15.