Palette rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0559
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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem PAL-0559

By Hendrickx, Stan

Archaeological site unknown

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada I–II (?)

General range of rhomboid palettes production.

Material : Greywacke

Preservation : Complete

Description

Rhomboid palette with a horns emblem on top of one of the extremities. The palette has rather inconspicuous angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and has a pointed extremity.

Object use

The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive. There is also a limited amount of picking.

Asselbergs 1961: fig. 74.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PAL-0559, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PAL-0559. retrieved 12 February 2025.