Palette rhomboid PAL-0371
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0371

By Hendrickx, Stan

Qau

, Cemetery 100, tomb 135.

1922–1925 : British School of Archaeology in Egypt excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : early Naqada II (?)

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 135 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 221).

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.

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Comments

According to the distribution list, the palette should be in Hull (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: 117)..

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0371, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0371. retrieved 12 February 2025.