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Palette – rhomboid, with horns emblem (?) PAL-0560
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown.
01.10.2011 : With Ancient Resource auction house (Los Angeles). 02.11.2015 : With Palmyra Heritage Gallery (New York).Collection unknown, (private collection?).
Date : Naqada I–II (?)
General range of rhomboid palettes production.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
The horn emblem is broken off. The palette is damaged on the sides.
Description
Rhomboid palette which was decorated with carved out elements at one of the extremities. The palette is rounded at the ends of the shorter axis and has a rounded extremity.
Decoration
The scars of decoration are preserved and may be the remnants of a horns emblem, although the original shape cannot be reconstructed.
Object use
The palette probably has slight hollowing in the central area but the available documentation is inconclusive. There is also picking.
(ed.) : lot no. 76.
(ed.) 2015: lot 61.
(ed.) 2015: lot 61.
References
Not previously published.