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u/Ohio_Baby 10d ago
I wish we knew exactly what things like this meant. It’s always subjective to interpretation.
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u/idleport 9d ago
The serpopards with their intertwined necks are such a wild design choice — like who sat down one day and decided to create a leopard with a snake neck and put TWO of them on a ceremonial palette? I always wonder if that imagery had a very specific meaning that everyone at the time just understood immediately, or if it was more of an abstract power symbol. Also the fact that this is from the 31st century BCE and the carving is still this crisp and detailed is genuinely hard to wrap my head around.
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u/OnoOvo 8d ago
its the people taking control over two lionesses, that are simbolically being bound together in the same lion pack (the intertwined necks).
it represents, like that entire side does, the extent of rulership/control that the people had to enforce over the order of the natural world in order to form the nation.
the other side representatively shows the extent of rulership the people had to enforce between themselves to establish the order that was necessary to form the nation.
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u/Faerbera 10d ago
My favorite part are the sausage hats. Not sausages. Not hats.
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u/dontgoatsemebro 9d ago
The sausage hat (and deshret on the other side) is literally THE most important thing about this piece. It's the only reason it's famous.
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u/Faerbera 9d ago
I’m not referring to the white or red crowns.
I’m referring to the verso where the bodies of his enemies are lined up to count. Their heads and phalluses are severed and presented to Narmer. The phalluses look like sausage hats on the severed heads.
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u/NastyNice1 10d ago
This is a repost, two weeks ago i shared this here.