Neb-chau
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Neb-chau Nb-ḫˁw Lord of the Crowns / Lord of the Coronation Figure |
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Neb-chau is an ancient Egyptian - mythological title of the king ( Pharaoh ), which symbolically refers to the divine appearance of the king and has been documented since the Old Kingdom . As "divinely mandated ruler" the king probably received the title because of with divine magic charged vestments .
Based on the title "Lord of the Crowns" ( red and white crown ) or "Lord of the coronation figure", the king had the necessary divine legitimation to exercise his office. For example, Ramses II called himself "Lord of the Crowns": Ramses, loved by Amun and Re .
See also
literature
- Rolf Gundlach : "Horus in the Palace" - legitimation, form and mode of operation of the political center in pharaonic Egypt . In: Werner Paravicini: The housing of power: The space of rule in an intercultural comparison of antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the early modern era (communications from the Residences Commission of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, special issue 7) . Christian Albrechts University, Kiel 2005, pp. 15–26.