Palette rhomboid PAL-0353
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0353

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1820.

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

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1895.829.

Date : Naqada IC

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1820 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 369).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on one face hollowing in the central area. On the other face are three hollows.

Petrie & Quibell 1896: pl. L.94.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

9.2

Length :

37.8

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0353, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0353. retrieved 11 February 2025.