Double Crown of Egypt

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The Double Crown of Egypt was the ancient pharaonic headdress symbolizing the unification and joint rule of Upper and Lower Egypt.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian royal crown ⓘ
national symbol ⓘ
pharaonic regalia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pschent ⓘ
linked to: Red Crown

Sekhemti ⓘ
appearsIn Egyptian royal statuary ⓘ
Egyptian temple reliefs ⓘ
Egyptian tomb paintings ⓘ
royal cartouches and inscriptions ⓘ
associatedWith Amun ⓘ
Horus ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
royal iconography ⓘ
state ideology of ancient Egypt ⓘ
colorComponent red ⓘ
white ⓘ
componentShape low flat-topped crown with projecting back of Lower Egypt ⓘ
tall conical crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
culturalRole religious symbol in royal cult ⓘ
visual shorthand for united Egyptian monarchy ⓘ
depictedWith uraeus cobra ⓘ
vulture goddess Nekhbet ⓘ
linked to: Nekhbet
hasMeaningInLanguage Sekhemti means "the Two Powerful Ones" in ancient Egyptian ⓘ
hasPart Red Crown of Lower Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Red Crown

White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
linkedDeity Nekhbet ⓘ
Wadjet ⓘ
notableWearer Narmer ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
Seti I ⓘ
Thutmose III ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ
representsRegion Lower Egypt ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
symbolizes pharaonic authority ⓘ
political unity ⓘ
sovereignty over all Egypt ⓘ
unification of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
timePeriod Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman Egypt ⓘ
usedAs icon on royal seals ⓘ
regnal emblem ⓘ
symbol on royal names ⓘ
usedBy pharaohs of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaoh
usedIn ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
wornByDeity Amun-Ra ⓘ
linked to: Amun

Horus ⓘ
Ra-Horakhty ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wadjet → appearsOn → Double Crown of Egypt ⓘ
Deshret → componentOf → Double Crown of Egypt ⓘ
Early Dynastic Egypt → usesSymbol → Double Crown of Egypt ⓘ
Two Lands of Egypt → representedBy → double crown of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Double Crown of Egypt
S3 (Gardiner sign list) → combinedIn → Pschent (Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt) ⓘ
linked to: Double Crown of Egypt
Aha → royalTitle → King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Double Crown of Egypt
Sekhemti → alsoKnownAs → Double Crown of Egypt ⓘ
nsw-bity → relatedSymbol → Double Crown of Egypt ⓘ
King of Upper and Lower Egypt → linkedToSymbol → Double Crown of Egypt ⓘ