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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0500
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown
London, Petrie Museum, UC 15764.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Complete
Description
The rhomboid palette is angular at the ends of the shorter axis. One extremity is broad with a bearded human head on top. The eyes are hollowed for inlays. The other extremity is broad and may have been reworked.
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Length :
25.3