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Palette – rhomboid, decorated PAL-0392
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Archaeological context unknown. 1903 : W. Lüthy excavation.Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, ÄOS 6915.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production. Because the palette has been reworked and was found in the Naqada III cemetery at Turah, it may have been a heirloom.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
Heavily damaged rhomboid palette. The palette is rounded / angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has one pointed extremity. The other extremity is reworked.
Decoration
Rougly incised cross on one face.
Object use
The palette has been used on both faces, before the cross was incised.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
5.8
Length :
18.5
