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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0489
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown.
2015 : Gift.Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, F2015/9.455.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Some damage on one side.
Description
The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Decoration
The palette was "changed" into a fish by adding on one face an engraved eye and the separation between head and body. Modern ?
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
10.6
Length :
23
Thickness :
1.3
Additional information
References
Not previously published.