Palette rhomboid PAL-0378
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0378

By Hendrickx, Stan

Qau

, Cemetery 100.

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

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axisand pointed extremities.

Object use

The palette has been used, causing at least on one face shallow hollowing in the central area.

Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: pl. LII.5.

Comments

According to the distribution list, the palette could be in Lichfeld (transferred to Manchester) or Plymouth (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: 119).

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0378, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0378. retrieved 12 February 2025.