The palmette was a very common motif in Ancient Greece and Rome; the Greeks had taken it from the old Egyptians and called it anthemion. Initially, it was used to decorate pottery and jewelry and later became a very common motif used in architecture, which can be seen not only on the example of Parthenon but also on a large number of other historical buildings that have been preserved since the Ancient Greece times. In this case, the ornaments were painted on the Parthenon ceiling, but very often such ornaments used to be made with other craft techniques (mosaic, stone carving etc.).
