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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0367
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Cemetery 000, tomb 2.
1922–1925 : British School of Archaeology in Egypt excavation.Collection unknown
Date : Naqada IIA
Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 2 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 219).
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
Rhomboid palette attributed by Brunton & Caton-Thompson (1928: pl. XXX) to type 91B. This type of palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Object use
There is no information about the use of this palette.
Comments
According to the distribution list, the palette should be in Lichfield (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: 117). The collection was acquired by the Manchester Museum in 1963 but the palette could not be identified in the Manchester collection..
