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The Palette shows many of the classic conventions of Ancient Egyptian art, which must already have been formalized by the time of the Palette's creation. [2] Egyptologists Bob Brier and A. Hoyt Hobbs have referred to the Narmer Palette as "The oldest Egyptian historical record". [3]
This image comes from the 13 th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1930.
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.
[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 ...
Narmer Palette with confronted lionesses, displayed in iconographic registers - Ancient Egypt c. 3,000 BC The Narmer Palette , used to mix cosmetics in the receptacle on one side, has two confronted felines , sometimes called serpopards (because of their exaggerated long necks which look snakelike to some researchers) forming the receptacle.
Narmer Palette "Turtle palette (no. 1)"-(Louvre) (See zoomorphic palette) Turtle Palette no. 2 [9] List of ancient Egyptian Predynastic palettes. Name Dimensions
Narmer Palette: front, with bull defeating warrior in lower register; fortifications on right The motifs of the sides of the palette are presumably the bull overpowering an enemy , the named-fortified-cities, war-scenes, a collection of deities supporting the war-scenery-(on standards).
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