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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0390
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown.
1899 : Gift Edouard Naville.Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, D 1261.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
One extremity broken off.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities (one broken off).
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on one face deep hollowing in the central area. There is some picking.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
7.5
Length :
28.1
Thickness :
2.3
Additional information
References
Not previously published.
