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Palette – (rhomboid), with horns emblem PAL-0553
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown
Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 900.2.52.
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
One extremity of horn emblem broken off.
Description
Rhomboid palette with a horn emblem (one tip broken off) on top of one of the extremities. The palette has angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and has a pointed extremity.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on at least one face shallow hollowing in the central area. There are stains of red pigment.
1988: 76, no. 55.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
12.6
Length :
61