Palette rhomboid PAL-0478
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0478

By Hendrickx, Stan

Archaeological site unknown

Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1924.45.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Object use

The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area. There are traces of green pigment on both faces.

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

14.4

Length :

45.1

Thickness :

0.8

Additional information

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0478, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0478. retrieved 06 March 2025.