The utilization of the bivalve shells as palettes in ancient Egypt
Joint Authors
Najm al-Din, Muhsin
Marwan, Dua
al-Abbudi, Ula
Source
Journal of The Faculty of Archaeology
Issue
Vol. 12, Issue 25 (31 Dec. 2022), pp.3-25, 23 p.
Publisher
Cairo University Faculty of Archaeology
Publication Date
2022-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
23
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
In ancient Egypt, natural bivalve shells were utilized as ready-made palettes by the scribes.
This utilization was depicted on the walls of the Old Kingdom's tombs and sculpted in the scribes' statues.
These statues appeared in the Middle Kingdom, spread in the New Kingdom, especially the region of Amenemhat III, but they were rare inthe Late Period.
Some deities were represented with the bivalve shell palettes in theNew Kingdom, such as Thoth and Seshat.
This paper concentrates on the natural bivalve shells' function as palettes and the bivalve shells' species used as palettesthrough the hieroglyph texts, the tombs' scenes, and the scribes' statues.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Marwan, Dua& Najm al-Din, Muhsin& al-Abbudi, Ula. 2022. The utilization of the bivalve shells as palettes in ancient Egypt. Journal of The Faculty of Archaeology،Vol. 12, no. 25, pp.3-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1395231
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Najm al-Din, Muhsin…[et al.]. The utilization of the bivalve shells as palettes in ancient Egypt. Journal of The Faculty of Archaeology Vol. 12, no. 25 (2022), pp.3-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1395231
American Medical Association (AMA)
Marwan, Dua& Najm al-Din, Muhsin& al-Abbudi, Ula. The utilization of the bivalve shells as palettes in ancient Egypt. Journal of The Faculty of Archaeology. 2022. Vol. 12, no. 25, pp.3-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1395231
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-1395231