pschent

[ skent, pskent ]

/ skɛnt, pskɛnt /

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the double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt, which had previously been separate kingdoms.

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1805–15; <Greek pschént<Egyptian pʾ-sh̬mty, equivalent to pʾ- deictic + sh̬m powerful + ty feminine dual marker

Combined with one another they form the complete regal head-dress ordinarily called the pschent.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot
From the sole of the feet to the apex of the pschent which the king bears on his head, they are about sixty-five feet in height.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot
What colossal statues, hewn out of one block of stone and towering to the sky, with the pschent crowns of their diadems!
The Tour|Louis Couperus
The nobles of the court having drawn near to place the pschent upon my head: 'Place the diadem upon his forehead!'
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 5 (of 12)|G. Maspero

By my granite shape of yore Passed the priests, with stately pschent, And the mystic boat upbore, Emblemed and magnificent.
Enamels and Cameos and other Poems|Thophile Gautier