Palette rhomboid PAL-0331
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0331

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1465.

1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation, gift Petrie.

Bonn, Ägyptisches Museum der Universität, BoS 322.

Date : late Naqada I – early Naqada II

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1465 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 355).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

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

Regner 1996: 59, Tf. 7.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

6.1

Length :

28.6

Thickness :

1.1

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0331, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0331. retrieved 11 February 2025.