Palette rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0510
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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0510

By Hendrickx, Stan

Archaeological site unknown.

Gift of Robert Miller and Marilyn Miller Deluca.

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.80.199.67.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

Extremities of horn emblem broken off.

Description

Rhomboid palette with a horn emblem (extremities broken off) on top of one of the extremities. The palette has inconspicuous angular extensions at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity.

Object use

The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive. There is also pitting.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (ed.) Los Angeles, USA : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

12.9

Length :

28.2

Additional information

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0510, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0510. retrieved 12 February 2025.