Palette rhomboid PAL-0332
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0332

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1470.

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

London, Petrie Museum, UC 4225.

Date : Naqada IIA

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1470 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 356).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

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

Petrie Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Petrie 1920: pl. XLIV.91L.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

2.9

Length :

6.7

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0332, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0332. retrieved 11 February 2025.