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Narmer Palette. 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.
This year label shows that the Narmer Palette depicts an actual historical event. [38] Support for this conclusion (in addition to Dreyer) includes Wilkinson [ 39 ] and Davies & Friedman . [ 40 ] Although this interpretation of the year label is the dominant opinion among Egyptologists, there are exceptions including Baines [ 41 ] and Wengrow .
Wash (pharaoh) King Narmer defeating Wash, Narmer Palette. [1] Wash (fl. c. 3150 BC) was possibly a pharaoh from the Predynastic Period in Ancient Egypt, more than 5,000 years ago. As Wash is known only through his appearance as a captive of the pharaoh Narmer on the eponymous palette, his existence is contested.
Ancient Egyptian tradition credited Menes, now believed to be the same as Narmer, as the king who united Upper and Lower Egypt. On the Narmer Palette, the king is depicted wearing the Red Crown on one scene and the White crown in another, and thereby showing his rule over both Lands. [4]
Although the Narmer Palette is more famous because it shows the first king to wear both the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, the Scorpion Macehead indicates some early military hostility with the north by showing dead lapwings, the symbol of Lower Egypt, hung from standards. [13] John Garstang excavated at Nekhen in 1905–06.
Narmer Palette 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 ...
Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from Prehistoric Egypt until the Christianization of Roman Egypt. It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories, architecture, and other art media. It was a conservative tradition whose ...
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. It is a portmanteau of "serpent" and "leopard", derived from the interpretation that the creature represents an animal with the body of ...