{"id":2650,"date":"2026-03-13T19:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:25:19","slug":"narmer-palette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/narmer-palette\/","title":{"rendered":"NARMER aka MENES aka &#8220;THE CATFISH KING&#8221; (1ST PHARAOH) &#8212; NARMER PALETTE &amp; MACEHEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>\u201cfirst pharaoh\u201d<\/strong> of a <strong>unified Egypt<\/strong> is traditionally considered <strong>Narmer<\/strong> (sometimes also called <strong>Menes<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unified Upper and Lower Egypt<\/strong> into a single kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Narmer Palette<\/strong>: A famous ceremonial palette showing Narmer wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, symbolizing unification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Narmer Macehead<\/strong> \u2014 a carved ceremonial mace with his name, now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narmer is sometimes called the <strong>\u201cCatfish King\u201d<\/strong> because of the symbols used in his name on early inscriptions, particularly the <strong>Narmer Palette<\/strong> and other ceremonial objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some early inscriptions, his name is written with <strong>a catfish symbol<\/strong> (representing \u201cnar\u201d) and a <strong>chisel symbol<\/strong> (representing \u201cmer\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So <strong>Nar\u2011mer = catfish + chisel<\/strong> in hieroglyphs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer_Palette-1024x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer_Palette-1024x722.jpg 1024w, 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https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Egypt-Tours-Portal-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Narmer Palette &#8211; Egypt Tours Portal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/xNarmer_palette1.gif.pagespeed.ic_.Ovv02LERSj.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/xNarmer_palette1.gif.pagespeed.ic_.Ovv02LERSj.jpg 984w, https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/xNarmer_palette1.gif.pagespeed.ic_.Ovv02LERSj-768x443.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"581\" 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src=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2839-small-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2839-small-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2839-small-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2839-small-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_2839-small.jpg 1328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Narmer Palette Recto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/flat750x075f-pad750x1000f8f8f8.u1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2658\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Hieroglyphs-Egypt-Tours-Portal-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Hieroglyphs-Egypt-Tours-Portal-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Hieroglyphs-Egypt-Tours-Portal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Hieroglyphs-Egypt-Tours-Portal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Narmer Palette Hieroglyphs &#8211; Egypt Tours Portal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Purpose-Egypt-Tours-Portal-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Purpose-Egypt-Tours-Portal-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Purpose-Egypt-Tours-Portal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Purpose-Egypt-Tours-Portal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Narmer Palette Purpose &#8211; Egypt Tours Portal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Significance-Egypt-Tours-Portal-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Narmer-Palette-Significance-Egypt-Tours-Portal-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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called Menes). Unified Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom. Narmer Palette: A famous ceremonial palette showing Narmer wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, symbolizing unification. Narmer Macehead \u2014 a carved ceremonial mace with his name, now in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2650"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2941,"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions\/2941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiobanksy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}