Red Crown

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ancient Egyptian crown royal headdress symbol of kingship

The Red Crown is the ancient Egyptian royal headdress symbolizing the authority and sovereignty of the ruler of Lower Egypt.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian crown → royal headdress → symbol of kingship →
appearsIn	royal statuary → royal titulary scenes → temple reliefs → tomb paintings →
associatedRegion	Lower Egypt → Nile Delta →
associatedWith	kingship → pharaoh →
category	Ancient Egyptian royal regalia → Crowns of Ancient Egypt →
color	red →
combinedWith	White Crown →
contrastedWith	White Crown →
country	Ancient Egypt →
EgyptologicalName	Deshret →
formsWith	Pschent →
function	component of royal iconography → mark of territorial rule over Lower Egypt →
hasPart	spiral or curling protrusion at the front → tall, flat-topped red helmet-like cap →
knownFrom	iconographic depictions →
material	unknown original physical examples →
represents	Lower Egypt →
symbolizes	authority of the ruler of Lower Egypt → sovereignty of the ruler of Lower Egypt →
timePeriod	Early Dynastic Period of Egypt → Middle Kingdom of Egypt → New Kingdom of Egypt → Old Kingdom of Egypt →
usedByDeity	Neith → Wadjet →
usedIn	royal regalia of Ancient Egypt →
WhiteCrownRepresents	Upper Egypt →
wornBy	king of Lower Egypt → pharaoh of a unified Egypt →
writtenInHieroglyphsAs	deshret sign →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Deshret ("Red Crown of Lower Egypt") → Deshret →	alsoKnownAs
Ta-Mehu ("Red Crown of Lower Egypt") →	associatedWith
White Crown of Upper Egypt ("Red Crown of Lower Egypt") →	combinedWith
Deshret ("Pschent") →	componentOf
White Crown of Upper Egypt ("Red Crown of Lower Egypt") →	contrastedWith
Narmer ("Red Crown of Lower Egypt") →	depictedWearing
White Crown of Upper Egypt ("Pschent") →	formsTogetherWith
Lower Egypt ("Red Crown of Lower Egypt") →	hasCrownType
Lower Egypt →	hasSymbol
White Crown of Upper Egypt ("Pschent") →	partOf
Osiris ("atef crown") →	symbol