Rhomboid palette. Palette in the shape of an elongated rhombus; whetstone? Ceremonial/cosmetic palette and toiletry item made of stone, geometric palette. 1st half of the 4th millennium BC; Predynastic Period Naqada I phase, Egypt. Height 24 cm; width 8 cm; weight 0.316 kg., A long, symmetrical, elongated object with pointed ends resting on a flat neutral background, showing a smooth, slightly irregular surface with visible scratches and worn patches; the object is primarily gray-green with areas of lighter gray and muted brownish spots, and there are small darker smudges and pale scuffed areas across its surface.
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Rhomboid palette. Palette in the shape of an elongated rhombus; whetstone? Ceremonial/cosmetic palette and toiletry item made of stone, geometric palette. 1st half of the 4th millennium BC; Predynastic Period Naqada I phase, Egypt. Height 24 cm; width 8 cm; weight 0.316 kg., A long, symmetrical, elongated object with pointed ends resting on a flat neutral background, showing a smooth, slightly irregular surface with visible scratches and worn patches; the object is primarily gray-green with areas of lighter gray and muted brownish spots, and there are small darker smudges and pale scuffed areas across its surface.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A03_115

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Keywords

Rhomboid palette Palette shape elongated rhombus whetstone Ceremonial cosmetic palette toiletry item stone geometric palette 1st half 4th millennium BC Predynastic Period Naqada I phase Egypt Height 24 cm width 8 cm weight 0.316 kg long symmetrical elongated object pointed ends resting flat neutral background showing smooth slightly irregular surface visible scratches worn patches object primarily gray-green areas lighter gray muted brownish spots small darker smudges pale scuffed areas across surface.

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