Palette rhomboid PAL-0364
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0364

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqada

, Tomb 1907.

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

Bonn, Ägyptisches Museum der Universität, BoS 320.

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

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 1907 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 372).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

One extremitiy broken off.

Description

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

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area.

Regner 1996: 57, Tf. 6.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

9.7

Length :

28.2

Thickness :

1.1

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0364, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0364. retrieved 11 February 2025.