atef-crown

[ ah-tef-kroun ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of atef-crown¹

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

I was crowned with the Atef crown with the serpents, I bound on the crown with plumes, like Tatenn.

From Project Gutenberg

Osiris is generally represented with his whole body shrouded in a covering and his head surmounted by the atef-crown; thus, .

From Project Gutenberg