Narmer Palette

There are so many things that are hidden about The Palette of Narmer and The Colum or Trajan. They both have it‘s own unique way of explaining what has happened in their time period. Especially, the art work that was sculpted within these two stones are amazing, with their meaning that lay around it. Those stones has survived many centuries, thousands of tourist visit these sculptures for the full story and history. What’s the purpose of The Palette of Narmer. Well the name Narmer was represented by a phonogram. “The Narmer palette is a finely decorated plate of schist of about 64 cm high. It was found in a deposit in Hierakonpolis, a Predynastic capital located in the South of Egypt, during the excavation season of 1897/98. Its size, weight

Because where the king is standing is sacred ground, and where his sandal bearer is standing isn’t sacred grounds. On the opposite side of the prisoner is a symbol of hieroglyph that’s identifies the prisoner that’s he is about to kill. In this palette there is a hawk that is represented as Horus who is “The son of Oiris, A sky good closely linked with the king.” ( Henery) that is the original divine by the ruler of Egypt but from whom the pharaohs are it derived their legitimacy. The hawk holds onto a prisoner. Along with a rope that symbolizes bondage and that they have concord the lands. The hawk also stands on a six papyrus flowers, that’s can possibly be denoting six thousand foes that has been captured or killed in the past. Below of the Palette are two men, with beards onto their faces. They seem like they are enemies of the king or can be fleeing naked or even running or swimming, or can be lying dead on the

Ulpius Traianus, Trajan. Trajan was born into an Italian family that was currently living in Spain in the year of 53 AD. Trajan as a young man has dedicated himself to join the army lifestyle. By 97 AD, Trajan was Governed the Upper Germany. It was also known that the childless Emperor Nerva did felt himself in need of an heir. Nerva has decided to bestow in this honor on the behalf of Trajan. Trajan was adopted and has invested with all of the imperial powers.

The Trajan column has consists of twenty-nine pieces of the white marbled stone. It was also the largest one that’s weighing up to seventy-seven tons. It has stated that there are more than two thousand carved figures on the Trajan column that depict the story of the Trajan's Dacian war. It may was conducted between 101-102 and 105-106 AD. The story about the column has started with some soldiers were preparing for the war and has ends up with the Dacians of being ousted from their homeland and