Palette rhomboid PAL-0363
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0363

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1906.

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

London, Petrie Museum, UC 4608.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

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

Petrie Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Petrie 1920: pl. XLIV.92P.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

3.3

Length :

8.6

Additional information

References

Petrie, W. M. F.

1920

Prehistoric Egypt. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account, twenty-third year, 1917. London 

, pl. XLIV.92P.
Baumgartel, E. J.

1970

Petrie's Naqada excavation: a supplement. London

, pl. LXII.

Digital references

Petrie Museum

(ed.).

Online catalogue

, retrieved 11.11.2004.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0363, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0363. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders

Excavation director