Narmer Palette

لوحة نارمر

1st Dynasty (or end of Naqada III) · Early Dynastic Period · c. 3100 BCE

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Details

In Egypt

Where to see it: Egyptian Museum, Cairo / Grand Egyptian Museum (transferring with GEM full openings)
Found at: Edfu
Type: palette
Material: greywacke siltstone (often called grey-green slate)

About this object

The founding document of Egyptian civilisation — a ceremonial slate palette c. 3100 BCE showing King Narmer wearing both crowns and unifying Upper and Lower Egypt.

Current location

Egyptian Museum, Cairo / Grand Egyptian Museum (transferring with GEM full openings)

In the site

Grand Egyptian Museum, Early Dynastic gallery (transferred from the Egyptian Museum Cairo)

Materials

greywacke siltstone (often called grey-green slate)

Dimensions

H 64 cm × W 42 cm × thickness 2.5 cm

Provenance

Found in 1898 by James Quibell and Frederick Green in the 'Main Deposit' of the temple of Horus at Hierakonpolis (Nekhen).

Depicts

Narmer

Sourcing

Phase 0 hand-curated — pending Egyptologist review

Citations

· Quibell, J. & Green, F. (1902). Hierakonpolis II.
· Wilkinson, T. (1999). Early Dynastic Egypt. Routledge.

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