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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0459
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown
Cambridge, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Z 17988.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
Rhomboid palette with a horn emblem ending in bird heads (one damaged) on top of one of the extremities. The palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area. There is some picking.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
10
Length :
32.5
Thickness :
1
Additional information
References
Not previously published.