Palette rhomboid PAL-0477
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0477

By Hendrickx, Stan

Archaeological site unknown.

1898 : Bought by the city of Geneva.

Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, D 1160.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

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

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Asselberghs 1961: fig. 63.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

8.2

Length :

31.5

Thickness :

2

Additional information

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0477, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0477. retrieved 21 September 2024.