Palette rhomboid PAL-0467
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0467

By Hendrickx, Stan

Archaeological site unknown.

Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent.

Cleveland, Museum of Art, 1914.668.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Preservation information :

Small flakes missing on the surface.

Description

The rhomboid palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and pointed extremities.

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on one face deep hollowing in the central area.

Cleveland Museum of Arts (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Cleveland Museum of Arts (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

8

Length :

65.5

Thickness :

2.2

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0467, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0467. retrieved 01 September 2026.