احمد جمال عيش
المشـرف العـــــام
 عدد الرسائل : 73
العمر : 35
البلد : شبرا بخوم قويسنا منوفية
الوظيفه واوع تكون مش شغال : طالب بقسم الارشاد السياحي
تاريخ التسجيل : 30/12/2007
 |  موضوع: King Narmer Palette  الأحد يونيو 29, 2008 5:23 pm | |
| This palette commemorates the victories of KingNarmer, who came from the
south of Egypt to invade the Delta in about 3000 BC.
It represents the
most important evidence that the first political unification in the history of
mankind occurred in Egypt. The two faces of the artifact are topped by the name
of Narmer inscribed inside the Serekh, or rectangular frame. In hieroglyphic
signs, the chisel reads "mr" and the catfish reads "naar."
The Serekh is
flanked by two female heads having the ears and horns of a cow, which could be
the first representation of the goddess Hathor.
The scene on the front
shows the king, followed by his sandals bearer and wearing the White Crown of
Upper Egypt, smiting a helpless foe from the North.
The falcon Horus of
Upper Egypt stands upon a bunch of papyrus plants holding a northern prisoner.
The lower register, or scene, depicts two other northern enemies running
away from the king. Inscribed upon their heads are hieroglyphic signs indicating
their names or those of their localities.
The upper section of the back
side shows the king wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, followed by his
sandals bearer and preceded by his vizier and four standard bearers.
Next comes a scene depicting the corpses of 10 beheaded men.
In
the middle section, there are two men holding two felines with extremely long
necks representing the people of the North and South under the control of the
king and his men.
The lower section shows a bull, representing the king
attacking the walls of a northern city. |  | Dimensions: Height 64 cm Width 42 cm
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