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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.
The famous Narmer Palette, discovered by James E. Quibell in the 1897–1898 season at Hierakonpolis, [35] shows Narmer wearing the crown of Upper Egypt on one side of the palette, and the crown of Lower Egypt on the other side, giving rise to the theory that Narmer unified the two lands. [36]
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).
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.
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 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 ...
Narmer is also the earliest king associated to the symbols of power over the two lands (see in particular the Narmer Palette, a votive cosmetic palette showing Narmer wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt) and may therefore be the first king to achieve the unification.
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