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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0395
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 259.
1951–1952 : Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography excavation.Collection unknown
Date : Naqada II
Dated after the general date of the Wadi Digla cemetery.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Extremities damaged.
Description
The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities (damaged).
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on one face deep hollowing in the central area.
1990: pl. XXVII.
1990: pl. 35, WD259.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
5.4
Length :
17.8
Thickness :
1.4
Additional information
References
Rizkana, I. ; Seeher, J.
1990
Maadi IV. The cemeteries of Maadi and Wadi Digla: excavations at the Predynastic site of Maadi and its cemeteries conducted by Mustapha Amer and Ibrahim Rizkana on behalf of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts of Cairo University 1930–1953. Archäologische Veröffentlichungen 81. Mainz am Rhein
, 49, pl. XXVII.