199487 20260410161141.0 d17b071f-8cd7-413a-9cc6-a1aa5177ca5a DA Palette of Narmer ca. 3000-2920 BCE [creation date] 3000 BCE 2920 BCE 64 x 42 cm [25.2 x 16.54 inches] slate [rock] Ceremonial palette for grinding kohl [eye paint]: well side depicting King Narmer, wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt, inspecting bound and decapitated prisoners, a pair of giant, long-necked cats frame the well; other side, King Narmer, wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt, striking a prisoner. Found at Hierakonpolis. Images in this collection are provided for members of the Reed academic community, for use in teaching, study, and research. Reed College students, faculty, and staff may use images for in-class display, as well as academic presentations, papers, assignments, and senior theses. Cite the source of the image as Reed College Digital Collections and when available also add the statement Courtesy of [individual/organization listed as Copyright Holder] or Public domain image. Unless an image's Copyright Holder is public domain, uses other than those described above - such as inclusion in a published or commercial work or a non-Reed-password-protected website - may require permission from the copyright holder. © Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY 135451.tif Egypt - Upper Egypt Humanities 110 Egyptian Ancient Egyptian Predynastic Furniture [Everyday Objects] Tools [Everyday Objects] Sculptures Unknown Egyptian sculptor Art Resource, NY Sourced From Tiradritti, Francesco, and Araldo De Luca. 1999. Egyptian treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. New York: H.N. Abrams. Additional Reference Hierakonpolis, Kawm al-Ahmar, Egypt [discovery location] Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt [repository] https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199487/files/A_126063.jp2 access 162eb823-6d29-4192-bc03-618aec25b322 3198041 https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199487/files/P_135451.tif preservation 3415bf29-c660-4510-981f-cbb07c728370 32616448 https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199487/files/P_135451.hocr 2bd82200-87ac-4d29-bfd7-f76dad60e6f6 801 https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199487/files/P_135451.txt f039f61d-7601-4569-9d3e-f409c52d0f08 17 247915 Detail: Front view with well VRC-PC\VRC Art & Architecture 199485 20260410161141.0 e3af9639-dbcf-4f58-8ed2-c212d49fe8d7 DA Palette of Narmer ca. 3000-2920 BCE [creation date] 3000 BCE 2920 BCE 64 x 42 cm [25.2 x 16.54 inches] slate [rock] Ceremonial palette for grinding kohl [eye paint]: well side depicting King Narmer, wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt, inspecting bound and decapitated prisoners, a pair of giant, long-necked cats frame the well; other side, King Narmer, wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt, striking a prisoner. Found at Hierakonpolis. Images in this collection are provided for members of the Reed academic community, for use in teaching, study, and research. Reed College students, faculty, and staff may use images for in-class display, as well as academic presentations, papers, assignments, and senior theses. Cite the source of the image as Reed College Digital Collections and when available also add the statement Courtesy of [individual/organization listed as Copyright Holder] or Public domain image. Unless an image's Copyright Holder is public domain, uses other than those described above - such as inclusion in a published or commercial work or a non-Reed-password-protected website - may require permission from the copyright holder. © Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY 135448.tif Egypt - Upper Egypt Humanities 110 Egyptian Predynastic Ancient Egyptian Furniture [Everyday Objects] Tools [Everyday Objects] Sculptures Unknown Egyptian sculptor Art Resource, NY Sourced From Tiradritti, Francesco, and Araldo De Luca. 1999. Egyptian treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. New York: H.N. Abrams. Additional Reference Hierakonpolis, Kawm al-Ahmar, Egypt [discovery location] Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt [repository] https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199485/files/A_126060.jp2 access 6e67da34-0c63-459d-a0ec-2255990a6e92 1659181 https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199485/files/P_135448.tif preservation 30719fd5-5bec-46d4-912a-53750d8e0e08 21442896 https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199485/files/A_126060.hocr e9a2e508-bab4-424b-a2a7-7987641b8143 288 https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199485/files/A_126060.txt d4212907-e1a9-4c4d-b88e-dd80424bb192 5 https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199485/files/P_135448.hocr a884af82-7695-4fbc-9886-b35af937306e 482 https://rdc.reed.edu/record/199485/files/P_135448.txt f9add44f-d4b9-406d-8726-cc757b8f6275 7 247913 Detail: Reverse view with king smiting enemy VRC-PC\VRC Art & Architecture