atef-crown

American

[ah-tef-kroun] / ˈɑ tɛfˌkraʊn /

noun

a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.

Etymology

Origin of atef-crown

atef, vocalization of Egyptian yt father + the f -symbol (a horned viper), originally taken as part of the word, but now thought to be a nonphonetic determinative

Example Sentences

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Horus has found his justification, to him is given the title of his father; he appears with the atef-crown by order of Seb.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

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