Palette rhomboid PAL-0348
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0348

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1694.

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

London, Petrie Museum, UC 4775.

Date : early Naqada II (?)

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1694 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 364).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete, repaired

Description

Rhomboid palette with rather inconspicuous angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and rounded extremities.

Object use

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

Petrie Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

9.8

Length :

24.7

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0348, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0348. retrieved 11 February 2025.