Palette – zoomorphic, hippopotamus PAL-0562
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb B101.
1898–1899 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1924.52.
Date : Naqada IC–IIA
Dated after the contents of tomb B101.
Material : Greywacke
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
One eye inlay is missing; traces of glue from a sticker adhere to one side.
Description
The hippopotamus is well detailed. The legs are short, as is the tail, while the muzzle is large and square. The ears are rendered as two small triangles on top of the head. One eye is inlaid, probably wit a small pierced disc of ostrich eggshell. The palette is pierced for suspension.
Dimensions (cm)
8.8
15.5
1.1
Additional information
References
1901
Diospolis Parva: the cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu. Egypt Exploration Fund Memoir 20. London
, 33, pls V, IX, no. 4.1905
Primitive art in Egypt; translated from the revised and augmented original edition. London
, fig.55.1921
Corpus of prehistoric pottery and palettes. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account 32, 23rd year, 1917. London
, pl. LII, no. 8A.1952
Manuel d'archéologie égyptienne I: 1; les époques de formation, la préhistoire. Paris
, 80–1, fig. 257.1967
Götter und Pharaonen : die Kultur Ägyptens im Wandel der Geschichte. München
, 23, pl. II.
