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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0487
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown.
1938 : Purchased Scheurleer collection.Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 1938/10.20.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Poorly preserved
Preservation information :
Broken and restored. The extensions of the horn emblem are broken off.
Description
Rhomboid palette with a damaged horn emblem on top of one of the extremities. The palette is angularat the ends of the shorter axis and has an angular extremity.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area. There is also picking.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
9.7
Length :
22.5
Additional information
References
Not previously published.
