Hemhem crown

Hemhem crown in hieroglyphics
	Roman lead tessera , minted in Alexandria at the time of Hadrian . ; Obverse: Antinous with hem-hem crown and crescent moon. ; Reverse: Sarapis with kalathos and scepter.

A hemhem crown is a particularly carefully crafted form of the ancient Egyptian Atef crown . It is sometimes also referred to as "three times Atef" because it consists of three Atef crowns with six solar disks is on a ram horns, at which at least two uraei are (Uräenkranz).

Hemhem crown on coin, Alexandria, Trajan year 17

For the first time it is for the 18th Dynasty , especially for the King ( Pharaoh ) I. Thutmose occupied. An unusual illustration was found on the back of the gilded throne in the tomb of Tutankhamun , who wore the Hemhem crown instead of a Nemes headscarf on a wig with a Sesched ribbon. This rare combination corresponds to the iconography of the child god Hor-pa-chered in the Kalabsha temple, which the Roman emperor Augustus decorated accordingly.

The crown, which was only worn during important ceremonies, symbolized the power and divine office of the king. The use of the crown is documented on coins up to the Roman era (on a small Alexandrian bronze coin in the 17th year of the reign of Emperor Trajan ).

literature

Abd el Monem Joussef Abubakr: Investigations into the Egyptian crowns. Augustin, Glückstadt u. a. 1937, p. 62 ff. (At the same time: Berlin, Universität, Dissertation, 1937).
Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. 3rd unchanged edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 57 f .: Atefkrone.
Sandra Sandri: Har-Pa-Chered (Harpokrates). The genesis of an Egyptian child of gods (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Vol. 151). Peeters, Leuven et al. a. 2006, ISBN 90-429-1761-X (also: Mainz, University, dissertation, 2004).

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Remarks

↑ In the original illustration, the three atef crowns are combined into a unified triple atef crown . The corresponding hieroglyph cannot currently be represented in the Wikipedia character set.

↑ Kampmann / Ganschow, The coins of the Roman mint in Alexandria, Regenstauf 2008, page 110, no.27.574

[1] In the original illustration, the three atef crowns are combined into a unified triple atef crown . The corresponding hieroglyph cannot currently be represented in the Wikipedia character set.

[2] Kampmann / Ganschow, The coins of the Roman mint in Alexandria, Regenstauf 2008, page 110, no.27.574