Palette rhomboid PAL-0354
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0354

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1821.

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

London, Petrie Museum, UC 4232.

Date : Late Naqada I – early Naqada II (?)

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1821 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 369).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

One extremity broken off.

Description

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

Object use

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

Petrie Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

8.2

Length :

43.5

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0354, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0354. retrieved 11 February 2025.