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The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archaeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, belonging, at least nominally, to the category of cosmetic palettes. It contains some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found.
El Amrah Palette – Narmer Palette Great Hierakonpolis Palette: 64 x 42 cm (25 x 17 in) Egyptian Museum in Cairo [10]
A "year label" was typically attached to a container of goods and included the name of the king, a description or representation of the event that identified the year, and a description of the attached goods. This year label shows that the Narmer Palette depicts an actual historical event. [38]
The Cosmetic palette in the form of a Nile tortoise; The Narmer Palette, often thought to depict the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the pharaoh Narmer, Egyptian Museum, Cairo; Libyan Palette, Egyptian Museum, Cairo; The Four Dogs Palette, displaying African wild dogs, [1] giraffes, and other quadrupeds, Louvre
Spiral design altar block from the Tarxien Temples of Malta, uncovered by Sir Themistocles Zammit Front and back sides of Narmer Palette, this facsimile on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The palette depicts Narmer unifying Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
Indeed, Narmer's fame rests on being the Upper Egyptian pharaoh to defeat the last Lower Egyptian pharaoh. However, rather than recording this historical event the palette may simply depict an allegory for Narmer's excellence and right of command, with the figure of Wash having been recruited to the task.
Narmer Palette with central depression for mixing cosmetics. (3200–3000 BC) Oxford Palette from Hierakonpolis. Ashmolean Museum. The serpopard (also known as monstrous lion) is a mythical animal known from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art. The word "serpopard" is a modern coinage.
The palettes later adopted a rounder shape like the Narmer Palette. [13] King Narmer's palette was the earliest piece of its kind. It has decorations of the King smiting the enemies of Egypt and the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, as well as a cavity for the grinding of cosmetics, making it a double purposed palette.