Palette rhomboid PAL-0375
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0375

By Hendrickx, Stan

Qau

, Cemetery 100, tomb 146.

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

Kyoto, University Museum, 2560.

Date : early Naqada II (?)

Dated after the context and the objects from tomb 146 (Hendrickx 1989 vol. II: 222).

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 is in Kyoto (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: 117)..

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0375, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0375. retrieved 12 February 2025.