Notes: Game on...on the radio...Angels and Royals...Pujols wapped a first inning home run scoring Fletcher who had a lead off hit...Angels 2-0...Fletch up again bottom of second...one out...Fletch drove in five runs last night in the Angels victory over the Yankees, Angels 11-5...ground out...to bottom of second...so, so, a delay on the Giant Sundials, yesterday's post's tail...I found something messing about some more looking for stuff about the Pyramid Apron...that too delayed...what I found is on the Narmer Mace Head...I got to it wondering about the Sandal Bearer on the Narmer Pallette...the Sandal Bearer carries a pot...suspect because it resembles the Mystereons' handbag seen on the Sumer reliefs!...under such suspicion of late I've cast all the stirrup vessels of the Andeans!...oh...when I discovered that the stirrup vessels whistle...some magic the Andeans did by filling these pots partly with water...for sometime this...when I discovered the whistling, the bathroom faucet began whistling...the cold side...I'd shut it off, and then it would creep open a little bit, dripping, and then it would whistle!...an annoying high pitch...shortage of funds has delayed a fix...for months...but today, after a night of all night whistling, I went on the attack, and did the fix...got lucky...just needed a rubber washer...for another time, when the whole bathroom gets a re-do, I'll change out the faucet...anyway, I digress...yes...it's a bit haunted hereabout!...so, the Narmer Mace has this scene...Trout up top of third...he'll walk, odds say...nope...high fly out...
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Narmer Macehead (drawing). The design shows captives being presented to Pharaoh Narmer enthroned in a naos.[1] The scene depicts a ceremony in which captives and plunder are presented to King Narmer, who is enthroned beneath a canopy on a stepped platform. He wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, holds a flail, and is wrapped in a long cloak. To the left, Narmer's name is written inside a representation of the palace facade (the serekh) surmounted by a falcon. At the bottom is a record of animal and human plunder; 400,000 cattle, 1,422,000 goats, and 120,000 captives. Ashmolean Museum
On the left side of this macehead is a king sitting under a canopy on a dais; he is wearing the Red Crown (deshret) and is covered in a long cloth or cloak. The king is holding a flail and above the canopy a vulture, possibly the local goddess Nekhbet, hovers with spread wings. Nekhen, or Hierakonpolis, was one of four power centers in Upper Egypt that preceded the consolidation of Upper Egypt at the end of the Naqada III period.[6] Hierakonpolis’s religious importance continued long after its political role had declined.[7] Directly in front of the king is another dais, or possibly litter, on which a cloaked figure sits facing him. This figure has been interpreted as a princess being presented to the king for marriage, the king's child or a deity.[4] The dais is covered by a bow-like structure and behind it are three registers. In the center register, attendants are walking or running behind the dais. In the top register, an enclosure, with what seems like a cow and a calf, might symbolise the nome of Theb-ka, or the goddess Hathor and her son Horus, deities associated with kingship since earliest times. Behind the enclosure, four standard-bearers approach the throne. In the bottom register, in front of the fan-bearers, are a collection of offerings.[citation needed]
On the center part of the macehead, behind the throne with the seated king, there is a figure just like the supposed sandal-bearer from the Narmer palette, likewise with the rosette sign above its head. He is followed by a man carrying a long pole. Above him three men are walking, two of them also carrying long poles. The serekh displaying the signs for Narmer can be seen above these men.
The top field to the right of the center field shows a building, perhaps a shrine, with a heron perched on its roof. Below this, an enclosure shows three animals, probably antelopes. This has been suggested as signifying the ancient town of Buto, the place where the events described on the macehead might have taken place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmer_Macehead
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wiki's take is confusing...
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https://www.narmer.org/inscription/0080
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a more complete page!...so, so, why my enthusiasm?...it's the canopy...I've intended to go on about canopies...noting a similarity between Andean canopies, and Sumer and Egyptian canopies...but it's a long reach...but, but this one on the Namer Mace shortens the reach!...lol...brb...
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from my April 3 post, The Checkerboard House
https://treeinthedoorvideo.blogspot.com/2019/04/otinotes4419.html
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it takes a lot of words to describe what all is going on with the motifs!...in that earlier post I was curious about the step frets in the vase...in this post I'm curious about the canopy!...the one on the Narmer palette looks just like it!...both likely made the same way...small trees cut off just above where two branches spread make the supporting poles, the fork they make a place to put the cross beams...a kind of lean to a survivalist would make...or stone age folk...I dunno...whimsies...the Moche ritual scenes are full of these little canopies...
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https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/capturing-warfare/moche-depictions-of-warfare
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I've seen a bit showing the construction of one of the Moche canopies...sorta...noted it with bookmark somewhere...I share sites to my tablets memo pad now...rather than the old laptops favorites list...and I can expand the tablet's memory, a need to do soon...quite a tool for a hundred bucks, if one doesn't consider the monthly internet/phone charges!...and as a side by side, the Narmer canopy with the Andeans', it says plainly a lot...and even more if one considers other things...like the scene...both offering scenes...the registers...both have registers...the figures in profile...both Egyptian and Moche figures show legs and faces in profile, while torsos are full frontal...just that way of depicting people is a big go figure!...side by sides between ancient cultures are easy to do...take earings...everyone wears earrings!...is that enough to make a connection!...proof of diffusion!...well, no, of course not...but then one adds, what about ear spools and stretched ears?!...I don't know of old world examples, but plenty of Mesoamerican and Andean examples...so, an acquiesce...diffusion between Mesoamericans and Andeans okay...but, but what about the ear lobes of Easter Islanders?...and wait, thousands and thousands of Buddha statues have long ears too!...an Old World motif I hadn't remembered...there's a parable wonder story to Buddha's...so, so, the discussion goes back and forth...oh...Trout scores on Simmon's double...Angels 3-0...Pujols up...0-2...for sometime more on the canopies!...time for a foray...a snack with a tv to watch the Angels...bbk with report of game...oh...wait...what the heck is a Naos?...(noted in the wiki take while spell checking...)...brb...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O18.png?495f6
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it just gets worse!...ral...
:)
DavidDavid
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