Marwan, D., Negm Eldin, M., El Aboudy, O. (2022). The Utilization of the Bivalve Shells as Palettes in Ancient Egypt. test, 12(2022), 3-25. doi: 10.21608/jarch.2022.212046
Doaa Marwan; Mohsen Negm Eldin; Ola El Aboudy. "The Utilization of the Bivalve Shells as Palettes in Ancient Egypt". test, 12, 2022, 2022, 3-25. doi: 10.21608/jarch.2022.212046
Marwan, D., Negm Eldin, M., El Aboudy, O. (2022). 'The Utilization of the Bivalve Shells as Palettes in Ancient Egypt', test, 12(2022), pp. 3-25. doi: 10.21608/jarch.2022.212046
Marwan, D., Negm Eldin, M., El Aboudy, O. The Utilization of the Bivalve Shells as Palettes in Ancient Egypt. test, 2022; 12(2022): 3-25. doi: 10.21608/jarch.2022.212046

The Utilization of the Bivalve Shells as Palettes in Ancient Egypt

مجلة کلية الآثار . جامعة القاهرة
Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 2022 - Serial Number 25, 2022, Pages 3-25    PDF (1.82 M)
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية
DOI: 10.21608/jarch.2022.212046
Authors
Doaa Marwan1; Mohsen Negm Eldin2; Ola El Aboudy3
1جامعة القاهرة
2کلية الآثار - جامعة القاهرة
3کلية الآثار - جامعة القاهرة
Abstract
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.
Keywords
bivalve shells; mussels; clams; palettes; scribes
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