Palette rhomboid PAL-0344
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0344

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1661.

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

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1895.826.

Date : Naqada IC

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1661 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 363).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

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

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Dimensions (cm)

Width :

11.8

Length :

73.5

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0344, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0344. retrieved 11 February 2025.