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Post by goragrad on Oct 18, 2018 20:25:44 GMT
So, the Simkens Armies of the Ancient Near East notes that Egyptian standards were painted, but doesn't note any colors. Any other reference that does?
And is there any reference as to whether the Pharoah's mule was a particular color? Some cultures assigned significance to the colors of their monarch's mount and I would prefer to use the correct color if one known.
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Post by timurilank on Oct 18, 2018 22:11:42 GMT
Stillman and Tallis refer to the standards as carved from wood. Streamers were cloth and they give red for Lower Egypt and white for Upper Egypt as traditional colours for each kingdom.
Donkeys were used by military leaders to move about, but there is no reference to any colour. Purely speculation on my part, but white ones might be reserved for the priests.
For aesthetic reasons I selected a cream coloured one for Pharaoh.
dbagora.blogspot.com/2017/12/old-kingdom-egyptians.html
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Post by goragrad on Oct 19, 2018 10:43:41 GMT
One presumes there was some tomb painting or other artifact that they based their description - which is why I feel it would have been appropriate to note a color. These are supposed to be totems of the gods worshiped in the various nomes. Paint could be gold or silver - Essex goes with blue on their standard, but then they have the Double Crown painted blue and white on one pharaoh figure and gold and white on another...
Color choice for the mule sounds reasonable, although I may post these questions on TMP to see if Duncan Head has any thoughts.
Dank.
P.S. I should have noted it as Stillman (thinking of the author of a reference for some Romans I have been also working on).
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