Directions: Look closely at the Narmer Palatte. Using the questions below, examine its various parts as well as a whole, and answer as many of the below questions WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE RESEARCH. (Notice a few of these questions would be impossible to answer without outside research.). The goal is to figure out what the Palatte depicts, based solely on its pictorial symbols.
- Where was the artifact found? How was it found? With what other artifacts was it found? How can I use the other (outside) artifacts found with this artifact to interpret it?
- Of what is it made in terms of materials? What is the origin (place) of those materials? What do those materials suggest about the culture that produced it?
- What is its size (and relative sizes within the composition)?
- If a scene, or consisting of separate parts, what is its layout or overall organization?
- What are the unique stylistic features? What specific details are represented?
- What is its purpose? Who used it? How did they use it? Why did they use it?
- (For artifacts depicting people/animals,) what actions do the people seem to be undertaking? Who are they? What do they represent? Is any status or rank differences evident?
- How would you describe the life ways of the "people" based on their depictions?
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