Palette rhomboid PAL-0345
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0345

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1661.

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

Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 12889.

Date : Naqada IC

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

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

One extremity broken off.

Description

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

Object use

The available documentation does not allow to note whether or not traces of use are visible on the palette.

Scharff 1929: Tf. 30.210.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

7.8

Length :

43.5

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0345, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0345. retrieved 11 February 2025.