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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.
Double-Bird Palette, ("Anchor Palette") Bull Palette; El Ahaiwah Dog Palette; Four Dogs Palette, Giraffes Palette; Oxford Palette Minor Hierakonpolis Dogs Palette "Fish palette (Louvre dolphin type)" [7] New Kingdom: Fish-shaped palette-(Bulti-hieroglyph type); Adorned fish side/ with cosmetic side for daily use. [8] Gerzeh Palette; Barbary ...
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.
[f] Of course, the Narmer Palette could represent an actual historical event while at the same time having a symbolic significance. In 1993, Günter Dreyer discovered a "year label" of Narmer at Abydos, depicting the same event that is depicted on the Narmer Palette. In the First Dynasty, years were identified by the name of the king and an ...
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.
The entire theme of the Narmer Palette, is about the pharaoh of the newly unified Ancient Egypt represented in two scenes, (palette obverse, palette reverse). On one side the pharaoh wears the crown of Upper Egypt and on the other, the pharaoh wears the crown of Lower Egypt. Thus, it is thought that the lionesses with their intertwining necks ...
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.
King Narmer (right) followed by his sandal-bearer. Detail from the Narmer Palette, Cairo Egyptian Museum. A sandal-bearer is a person who bears the sandals of his superior.The role existed in various cultures and epochs, being first documented in Egypt's Early Dynastic Period (c. 31st century BC).