entity · text_egyfull_narmer_palette
Narmer Palette
Ceremonial palette whose royal imagery has often been used in unification narratives.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
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3150 BCE–3050 BCE
Precision: range
highApproximate activity or relevance range, not an assertion that the entity was unchanged throughout.
- supports · supports entity
Predynastic Art — David Wengrow (2009)Supports the entity and its interpretive limits.
Locator: Relevant discussion or corpus description
Research description
Ceremonial palette whose royal imagery has often been used in unification narratives. The record distinguishes attested labels and materials from modern ethnic, social or historiographic categories.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Royal ideological source
A text or image produced to perform and legitimize royal power.
Why does this record have this property?
The record exhibits this analytical property during the stated interval, with the linked source defining the evidence and limitations. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.
- Predynastic Art
supports assignment · Relevant evidence and interpretation
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports entity
Predynastic Art — David Wengrow (2009)Supports the entity and its interpretive limits.
Locator: Relevant discussion or corpus description