Hunters Palette
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Hunters Palette with pieces connected | |
| Material | schist |
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| Size | c. 66 cm x 26 cm |
| Created | 31st century BC (circa) |
| Present location | British Museum, Louvre |
| Identification | British Museum, EA 20790, EA 20792, Louvre E 11254 |
The Hunters Palette (c. 3100 B.C.E.) (also known as the Lion Hunt Palette) is an Ancient Egyptian cosmetic palette showing a complex iconographic lion hunt as well as other animals. The hunt includes birds, desert hares, and gazelle-types; one gazelle is being contained by a rope.
The weapons used in the 20-man hunt are the bow and arrow, mace clubs, throwing sticks, and spears.
Two icongraphic conjoined bull-forefronts adorn the upper right alongside a hieroglyphic-like symbol, (similar to the sanctuary of Lower Egypt).[1]
The palette is broken: part is held by the British Museum and part is in the collection of the Louvre.
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Louvre fragment showing various weapons
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British Museum fragment: Detail of end, lion with arrows
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Hunters Palette, details, especially a lion's body with arrows.
References
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons: "Sanctuary of Lower Egypt").
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hunters Palette. |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ancient Egyptian palettes. |
External links
- British Museum page on the Palette
- Photo of Hunters Palette
- Predynastic palette corpus
- the Louvre fragment
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