Palette rhomboid PAL-0355
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0355

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1822.

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

Bonn, Ägyptisches Museum der Universität, BoS 316.

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

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1822 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 369).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

One extremity broken off.

Description

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

Object use

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

Regner 1996: 51, Tf. 3.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

9.5

Length :

38.6

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0355, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0355. retrieved 11 February 2025.