White Crown of Upper Egypt

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ancient Egyptian crown royal regalia symbol

The White Crown of Upper Egypt is the tall, conical royal headdress that signified the pharaonic authority and sovereignty over Upper Egypt in ancient Egyptian iconography.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Hedjet 2
Hedjet, the White Crown of Upper Egypt 1
Pschent 1
white crown (Hedjet) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian crown ⓘ
royal regalia ⓘ
symbol ⓘ
alsoKnownAs White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Hedjet

White Crown ⓘ
appearsInPeriod Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt

Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Predynastic Egypt ⓘ
associatedDeity Nekhbet ⓘ
associatedWithCity Hierakonpolis ⓘ
surface form: Nekhen
associatedWithConcept unification of Egypt ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Upper Egypt ⓘ
associatedWithTitle Narmer ⓘ
surface form: King of Upper Egypt
category Ancient Egyptian royal regalia ⓘ
Two Lands of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Crowns of Egypt
color white ⓘ
combinedWith Red Crown ⓘ
surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
contrastedWith Red Crown ⓘ
surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
country Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
culturalContext ancient Egyptian monarchy ⓘ
ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedOn Narmer Palette ⓘ
formsTogetherWith Red Crown ⓘ
surface form: Pschent
hieroglyphCode S3 ⓘ
iconographicRole identifies the ruler as lord of Upper Egypt ⓘ
material unknown original physical examples ⓘ
partOf Red Crown ⓘ
surface form: Pschent
religiousSignificance linked to divine kingship ⓘ
representedIn hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
shape tall conical crown ⓘ
status symbolic object known only from representations ⓘ
symbolizes kingship ⓘ
pharaonic authority ⓘ
sovereignty over Upper Egypt ⓘ
usedBy Pharaoh ⓘ
surface form: pharaohs of Egypt
usedIn royal iconography ⓘ
royal statuary ⓘ
temple reliefs ⓘ
tomb paintings ⓘ
wornOn head of the king ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

White Crown of Upper Egypt → alsoKnownAs → White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hedjet
vulture goddess Nekhbet → associatedWith → White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
subject surface form: Nekhbet
this entity surface form: white crown (Hedjet)
Deshret → combinedWith → White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hedjet
Deshret → contrastedWith → White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hedjet, the White Crown of Upper Egypt
Narmer → depictedWearing → White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
Red Crown → formsWith → White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pschent
Upper Egypt → symbolInAncientEgypt → White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ