Describe the Palette of Narmer and its narrative (MyArtsLab)
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This object is a tablet with circular depressions, mixing saucers, on one side in which eye makeup was ground and prepared. The Palette of Narmer is ceremonial rather than functional. On one side a sandal-bearer accompanies the King. His presence emphasizes the fact that the king, being barefoot, is standing on sacred ground, performing sacred acts. Narmer is attacking a figure of comparable size indicating he is an enemy of real importance; likely the ruler of Lower Egypt. At the bottom lie the defeated enemies. The hawk is a symbolic representation of the god Horus. On the other side, Narmer is shown by his relative size. The defeated dead lie in two rows, their decapitated heads between their feet. The bull symbolizes the might of the king as he strikes down another enemy. Phonetic hieroglyphs sit at the top each side of the tablet giving us the kings name: a horizontal fish (nar) above a vertical line (mer).
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