VISC 1B02 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fourth Dynasty Of Egypt, Narmer, Great Sphinx Of Giza
19 Nov 2015
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There is a falcon beside the king and he is holding a hat. The king here is shown victorious: a votive object in religious needing. It"s a small make up palette that has been mobilized in scales. They mixed coil to make this palette, it was to protect our eyes from the sunlight. Figures our shown in an exaggerated scale: composite view shows the body in multiple perspectives at the same time, narmer is the big one, and main focus in the palette, narmer farrow. The falcon is a representation of god"s horus. There are 2 distinct imagery in the front and 3 in the back. The bull represents narmer himself on the very bottom. They realized the stone is stated to have all three egyptian languages. The mastaba is made out of stones, rectangular structure with outward sloping ropes, constructed with mud-bricks: a vertical shaft connected to the chamber to the outside.
