那尔迈石板是一件非常重要的埃及考古发现，测定年代为公元前31世纪，含有至今为止发现的最早象形文本铭文。它被认为是用来描述那尔迈国王统一上下埃及的。调色板分为两面，一面描述戴着上埃及王冠的那尔迈，王冠为球根状；另一面描绘了戴着下埃及王冠的那尔迈，王冠为平头状呈红色。这件文物和同样在Hierakonopolis发现的蝎子权杖头和那尔迈权杖头一起，提供了对埃及国王的最早描述之一。调色板显示了许多埃及艺术的传统手法。埃及古物学者鲍勃·布莱尔（Bob Brier）把那尔迈调色板评论为“世界上第一件历史文档”。那尔迈调色板现存于埃及开罗博物馆。

The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, containing some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found. It is thought by some to depict the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the king Narmer. On one side, the king is depicted with the bulbed White Crown of Upper (southern) Egypt, and the other side depicts the king wearing the level Red Crown of Lower (northern) Egypt. Along with the Scorpion Macehead and the Narmer Maceheads, also found together in the Main Deposit at Nekhen, the Narmer Palette provides one of the earliest known depictions of an Egyptian king. The Palette shows many of the classic conventions of Ancient Egyptian art, which must already have been formalized by the time of the Palette's creation. The Egyptologist Bob Brier has referred to the Narmer Palette as "the first historical document in the world".