>>9642300

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetic_palette

“Cosmetic palettes are archaeological artifacts, originally used in predynastic Egypt to grind and apply ingredients for facial or body cosmetics. The decorative palettes of the late 4th millennium BCE appear to have lost this function and became commemorative, ornamental, and possibly ceremonial. They were made almost exclusively out of siltstone with a few exceptions. The siltstone originated from quarries in the Wadi Hammamat.

Many of the palettes were found at Hierakonpolis, a center of power in pre-dynastic Upper Egypt. After the unification of the country, the palettes ceased to be included in tomb assemblages.”

“Notable palettes

Notable decorative palettes are:

• The Cosmetic palette in the form of a Nile tortoise

• The Narmer Palette, often thought to depict the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the pharaoh Narmer, Egyptian Museum, Cairo

• Libyan Palette, Egyptian Museum, Cairo

• The Four Dogs Palette, displaying African wild dogs,[1] giraffes, and other quadrupeds, Louvre

• The Battlefield Palette, British Museum and Ashmolean Museum

• The Bull Palette, at the Musée du Louvre, named for the bull at the top — obverse and reverse — trampling a man

• The Hunters Palette, British Museum and Louvre

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Even undecorated palettes were often given pleasing shapes, such as the zoomorphic palettes, which included turtles and, very commonly, fish. The fish zoomorphic palette often had an upper-centrally formed hole, presumably for suspension, and thus display.

There are also Near East stone palettes, from Canaan,[2] Bactria, and Gandhara.”

>> It’s incredible how the words Canaan and Phoenicia don’t come out easily; (((they))) rather use Syria or Middle East instead of saying those 2 words. + The notable is actually the other LOCATIONS where such Palettes were found.

“History of Egyptian palettes

Siltstone was first utilized for cosmetic palettes by the Badarian culture. The first palettes used in the Badarian Period and in Naqada I were usually plain, rhomboidal or rectangular in shape, without any further decoration. It is in the Naqada II period in which the zoomorphic palette is most common. On these examples there is more focus on symbolism and display, rather than a purely functional object for grinding pigments. The importance of symbolism eventually outweighs the functional aspect with the more elite examples found in the Naqada III period, but there is also a reversion to non-zoomorphic designs among non-elite individuals.”

>> After this, we have a list of famous ancient Egyptian Pre-dynastic palettes.

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>>9658072

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I’m personally not that convinced by the explanation given to us; either it’s for cosmetic purpose or if it’s for ceremonial purpose. What bothers me is this LEAP from a cosmetic use to decorative to a ceremonial one. Like what we say in French: “passer du coq à l’âne”. If it only passed from a decorative use to a ceremonial one, then yeah, I would have bought it. But you see anons, the jump from a cosmetic palette to a decorative one…it doesn’t hold up….mostly when no MORTAR has been found near them, no traces of any kind on them. Notice the chemist tools: they have lids + mortars; so where are the mortars and pestles which come along with these palettes? We don’t see any with the palettes.

What am I talking about? These are scribe tools, and that’s a pestle and a mortar along with the other tools. Even when grinding food, you will always find a mortar present. So where are the mortars? And where are the residue marks? Where are the traces left from mixing make up products?

Another detail that there is no mention of is that both sides of the palettes are “decorated” (in some cases), which is odd. If it was for using cosmetic products then you don’t see the lower part = the rear; so there is no need to decorate that part. There are no handles, so these should have been placed on a flat surface, like how we use a plate nowadays. If this was for decoration, then with the small holes we see in most of them, if not all, we can hang them on walls. But you only see one side when you hang something on the wall, not both sides, no need to decorate the other side. So it doesn’t make sense to carve such elaborated designs on the back as well. For both sides to be this exquisitely carved it means those palettes are meant to be seen from both sides. Even the earliest ones, their shape, it’s not practical as a palette. Some are simply too large for it.

There is also the oddity of the designs. Is it normal to find hunting or war scenes on cosmetic related objects? Of course not, so these scenes must lean more to the decorative or ceremonial use of the palettes. And the “bare” simple zoomorphic shapes, doesn’t stick well with the ceremonial use.

Some archaeologists even suggested these are boat anchors but this doesn’t add up as well. The truth is these palettes are still a mystery that is still unsolved for me. The given explanations are not satisfactory nor that convincing.

An additional point that needs to be looked at is the designs themselves and this is what we are going to start doing from here on:

The first palette is called the “Gerzeh Palette”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Egyptian_palettes

“The Gerzeh Palette, or "Hathor Palette", "Cow-Head Palette" has topics containing 5-stars, a pair of horns, and a stylized "head". The hieroglyphs are:

,

, and possibly a relation to

, Hathor-sistrum, (the shape of the cow's head, as on the Narmer Palette), and”

>> Well anons, not much is said about this palette but some suggest that the stars can be a constellation or part of a constellation. If this was the case, then this palette is evidence of advanced Egyptian knowledge with astronomy ever since the pre-dynastic era.

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>>9658191

Sorry anons, forgot to attach the pictures related to page 112.