Palette rhomboid PAL-0342
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0342

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1613.

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

Bonn, Ägyptisches Museum der Universität, BoS 2001.

Date : Naqada IC

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1613 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 361).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Fragmentary

Preservation information :

About one third is missing.

Description

The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremeties (one broken off).

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on one face shallow hollowing in the central area.

Regner 1996: 79, Tf. 17.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

5.3

Length :

20.7

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0342, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0342. retrieved 11 February 2025.