Rectangular palette decorated with three incised border lines on the upper surface. It lacks a hole to be hanged, common in geometric palettes. It had a practical purpose, and there are traces indicating that it was used to pound malachite.
NAQADA II (not before); CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD; GERZIAN (not after)
Archaeological Site
UNKNOWN
Category
PALETTE
Material
SILTSTONE
Technique
HEWN
Height
15 cm
Width
10.5 cm
Bibliography
PEREZ LARGACHA , A., Algunos objetos egipcios predinásticos conservados en el M.A.N., Boletin del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, VI, 1 - 2., 1988, Pp. 7-10, Fig. 3.
PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Egipto. Guía didáctica del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. I, 1985, P. 14.
ALMAGRO BASCH, M.; ALMAGRO GORBEA, Mª J.; PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Arte Faraónico. Exposición. 1975, P. 38, Nº 9,
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