Narmer = catfish chisel united U & L Egypt, start of OK H. ![]() that he is closest to the heavens/gods ruler has more fringed dress, animal leg design on chair legsġ) Bottom: chariots and soldiers (b/c of hats), 4 horses per chariot -> depth shown w/ 4 layers of legs, but one body enemy getting trampled (enemy b/c naked = barbaric in Sumerians' eyes)Ģ) Middle: soldier procession w/ cpatured enemies being led to the topģ) top: the king, presented w/ gifts and spoils of war (pushing thru register again) ![]() registers on either sides (War and Peace)ġ) Bottom: goods being carried to king on top register, travelĢ) Middle: grass skirts like votive figures, men in twisted perspecģ) Top: lyre and seat men drinking, & a large man= king/ruler (b/c hierarchy of scale = more size, more importance), head literally breaks the roof of the register to dem. colors: blue = lapis lazuli, red limestone and shell inlay = not native to this part of Iraq, so trading (very central local)! Found in burial site of Sumerian King w/ sacrificed people for him to take into afterlife w/ a soldier who is believed to have carried it on a long pole as a standard, the royal emblem of a king ![]() Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone. Standard of Ur from the royal tombs at Ur.
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