What is Narmer Palette?
{{infobox artifact |name = Narmer Palette |image=File:Narmer Palette.jpg |image_caption =Both sides of the Narmer Palette |image_size=300 |material = [[siltstone]] |size = {{c.|64 cm}} × 42 cm |writing = |created = 3200–3000 BC (circa) |discovered = 1897–1898 |location = [[Egyptian Museum]], [[Cairo]] |id = CG 14716 }} '''Cosmetic palettes''' were used for mixing [[antimony]] (as [[eye shadow]]), in the [[Old Kingdom of Egypt]]. These palettes were made in the earliest days of history, before the [[pharaoh]]s. [[Image:NarmerPalette-ROM-front.jpg|thumb|300px|Narmer Palette - the two serpopards' necks make the [[basin]] for mixing [[antimony]].]] The '''Narmer Palette''', or the '''Great Hierakonpolis Palette''', is a significant [[Egypt]]ian archaeological find. It dates from about the 31st century BC. It is a [[cosmetic]] palette. The palette has some of the earliest [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyphic]] inscriptions ever found. The tablet is thought by some to show the unification of [[Upper Egypt|Upper]] and [[Lower Egypt]] under the king [[Narmer]]. It is one of the earliest known depictions of an Egyptian king. On one side, the king wears the bulbed [[Hedjet|White Crown]] of Upper (southern) Egypt. The other side shows the king wears the level [[Deshret|Red Crown]] of Lower (northern) Egypt. The palette is also the earliest known example of a king wearing both types of headdress.<ref>Friedman, Renée. “City of the Hawk.” ''Archaeology'', vol. 56, no. 6, 2003, pp. 50–56. Accessed 7 Jul. 2022.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} *O’Connor, David 2002. Context, function and program: understanding ceremonial slate palettes. ''Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt'' 39: 5–25. ==Other websites== {{commons category|Serpopard}} *[http://xoomer.alice.it/francescoraf/hesyra/palettes/narmerp.htm Images of Narmer Palette]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{-}} {{stub}} [[Category:Cosmetics]] [[Category:History of Egypt]]