Palette rhomboid PAL-0372
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0372

By Hendrickx, Stan

Qau

, Cemetery 100, tomb 137.

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

Collection unknown

Date : early Naqada II (?)

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 137 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 221).

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

One extremity broken off.

Description

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

Object use

There is no information about the use of this palette.

Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: pl. LII.7.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

7.6

Length :

10.8

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0372, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0372. retrieved 12 February 2025.