AHIS BC 1001x Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Second Intermediate Period Of Egypt, First Intermediate Period Of Egypt, Narmer
30 Aug 2016
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Scenes of boats and fighting and women with hands up. Scenes of wild animals, everything is very jumbled and chaotic. On these knife handles (probably from hippos) there are carvings (value) Figurines of women with their arms up in the air. Painting on the tomb wall is done very similar to the decorated ware. Figure on bottom right is the first one with a ground line. This is the first time order is brought to the chaos. Narmer is significantly larger than the people he is above. Narmer in the position of ruler of southern egypt is. Narmer is wearing the hat of the people he has conquered and is going to inspect the results of the people that have been executed. Probably would have been placed in a temple. Propagandistic images (even though few people would see them) Size might mean that it would be displayed before it went into a temple.
