Palette rhomboid PAL-0465
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0465

By Hendrickx, Stan

Archaeological site unknown.

Gift Georges Ricard Foundation.

Atlanta, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, 2018.10.069.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis (one reworked) and has rounded extremities (damaged).

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area. There is also picking.

Carlos Emory Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Carlos Emory Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

8.6

Length :

21.5

Thickness :

1

Additional information

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0465, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0465. retrieved 06 March 2025.