Palette rhomboid PAL-0530
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Palette – rhomboid PAL-0530

By Hendrickx, Stan

Archaeological site unknown.

1950 : Gift Raymond Weill.

Paris, Musée du Louvre, E.24722.

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Poorly preserved

Preservation information :

Both extremities are damaged an so are the sides.

Description

The rhomboid palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis. Both extremities are damaged. The palette may have been reworked to resemble a fish.

Object use

There are traces of use and there is also picking.

Musée du Louvre (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Width :

8

Length :

22

Additional information

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0530, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0530. retrieved 12 February 2025.