Red Crown

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

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Red Crown of Lower Egypt 10
Pschent 6
Red Crown canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

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 Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
EgyptologicalName Deshret
formsWith White Crown of Upper Egypt
surface form: 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 Egypt
surface form: 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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Lower Egypt hasSymbol Red Crown
Lower Egypt hasCrownType Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
Osiris symbol Red Crown
this entity surface form: atef crown
Narmer depictedWearing Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
Deshret alsoKnownAs Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
Deshret alsoKnownAs Red Crown
Deshret componentOf Red Crown
this entity surface form: Pschent
Ta-Mehu associatedWith Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
White Crown of Upper Egypt combinedWith Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
White Crown of Upper Egypt formsTogetherWith Red Crown
this entity surface form: Pschent
White Crown of Upper Egypt partOf Red Crown
this entity surface form: Pschent
White Crown of Upper Egypt contrastedWith Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
White Crown combinedToForm Red Crown
this entity surface form: Pschent
White Crown combinedWith Red Crown
White Crown contrastedWith Red Crown
uraeus wornOn Red Crown
this entity surface form: pschent crown
Double Crown of Egypt hasPart Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
Double Crown of Egypt alsoKnownAs Red Crown
this entity surface form: Pschent
Narmer Palette iconography Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
Two Lands of Egypt hasSymbol Red Crown
this entity surface form: Pschent
S3 (Gardiner sign list) depicts Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
S3 (Gardiner sign list) represents Red Crown
this entity surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
nemes headdress contrastedWith Red Crown
this entity surface form: deshret (Red Crown of Lower Egypt)