A Predynastic Egyptian Fish–Antelope Composite Figure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20374857 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jordan Scott Miller (0000-0003-4139-9540, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 21-29 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5133 • E-ISSN: 2514-0582 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/03075133231172791 |
| OpenAlex | W4376137398 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article describes and analyses a zoomorphic siltstone palette housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA 10.176.84). The palette is first situated within the wider corpus of zoomorphic palettes from the Naqada II Period. Considerations of form and design accompanying the development of palettes during Naqada I/II, and comparisons with visually similar forms attested on knife handles and other palettes, suggest that MMA 10.176.84 may represent a fish–antelope composite figure, ‘antelope’ here being broadly defined as a non-domesticated, horned quadruped of the Bovidae family. It is the first example of a palette modelled as such. The social functions of palettes in Predynastic southern Egypt are then outlined in order to consider the significance of modelling a palette in this way, as well as to explore implications of the palette’s form for understandings of cultural developments in the late Predynastic Period
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Fish · Fishery · Situated · Visual arts · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Computer Science · History
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |