Nemes headscarf
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The Nemes headscarf is a headscarf that the kings ( pharaohs ) wore in ancient Egypt . It belonged to the royal robe and was worn either alone or with a crown. The oldest known depiction of a king with a Nemes headscarf comes from Djoser , 3rd Dynasty, Old Kingdom and there are images on wall paintings , papyri and busts dating back to the Ptolemaic period.
The triangular and striped cloth was about three times as long as it was wide. Placed over the head it covered the forehead and fell on both sides over the ears to the chest. The part of the scarf on the back of the head was twisted in the neck in the form of a plait-like bead. The two strips across the chest were pleated. The uraeus snake was often found on the forehead as a king symbol .
Representations of the king with a Nemes headscarf
Seated statue of Djoser ( Cairo Egyptian Museum )
Portrait head of Amenhotep III. with Nemes headscarf, double crown and Uräus ( Egyptian Museum Berlin )
Tutankhamun's death mask with vulture and uraeus (Egyptian Museum, Cairo)
Tutankhamun's death mask (rear view)
Amasis ( Egyptian Museum Berlin ), 26th Dynasty
literature
- Wolfgang Helck , Eberhard Otto : Small Lexicon of Egyptology. 4th, revised edition, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-447-04027-0 , p. 155.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Toby AH Wilkinson : Early Dynastic Egypt . Routledge, London / New York 1999, ISBN 0-415-26011-6 . P. 196.