Palette rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0493
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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0493

By Hendrickx, Stan

Archaeological site unknown.

1902 : Purchased from Mohammed Mohassib, purchased from Chauncey Murch.

London, British Museum, EA 36366.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

Rhomboid palette with a horn emblem on top of one of the extremities. The palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity.

Object use

The available documentation does not allow to note whether or not traces of use are visible on the palette.

British Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

6.2

Length :

35.9

Thickness :

1.2

Additional information

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0493, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0493. retrieved 12 February 2025.