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Type of ancient Egyptian heraldic crest
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a serekh is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the Horus falcon
Serekh
Oldest known crest of ancient Egyptian rulers
term "serekh name". This is because not every pharaoh placed the falcon, which symbolizes the deity Horus, atop his (or in some cases, her) serekh. It changed
Horus_name
Predynastic pharaoh of Upper Egypt
which show a serekh with a typical Ka-symbol, both written upright correctly, but there are also inscriptions presenting an upright serekh with an upside-down
Ka_(pharaoh)
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period
featuring the king wearing the double crown of unified Egypt. Comparison of serekhs Although highly interrelated, the questions of "who was Menes?" and "who
Narmer
Ancient Egyptian queen consort
thought to be a male ruler: her outstandingly large mastaba and the royal serekh surrounding her name on several seal impressions previously led Egyptologists
Neithhotep
Naming convention of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt
were known only by this title. The Horus name was usually written in a serekh, a representation of a palace façade. The name of the pharaoh was written
Ancient Egyptian royal titulary
Ancient_Egyptian_royal_titulary
Ruler of Ancient Egypt
Horus". Until 2012, the name of Iry-Hor had not been found in or next to a serekh, so the identification of Iry-Hor as a king was controversial. Toby Wilkinson
Iry-Hor
Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh of 3rd dynasty
close to the Layer Pyramid, where numerous stone vessels bearing Khaba's serekh have been found. Khaba's name appears on nine polished stone bowls, variously
Khaba
Founder of Manetho's 1st dynasty and unifier of Egypt
often assumed to have been the mother of Horus Aha. The label shows a serekh of Hor-Aha next to an enclosure inside of which are symbols that have been
Menes
Ancient Egyptian ruler
Seth-Peribsen (also known as Ash-Peribsen, Peribsen and Perabsen) is the serekh name of an early Egyptian monarch (pharaoh), who ruled during the Second
Seth-Peribsen
Title of Ancient Egyptian rulers
within a square frame representing the palace, named a serekh. The earliest known example of a serekh dates to the reign of king Ka, before the First Dynasty
Pharaoh
Early Dynastic pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
Early Dynastic pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. His name is known from a graffito serekh carved into a sandstone outcropping 10 to 12 kilometers south-west of Umm
A_(pharaoh)
Ruler of Lower Egypt from Naqada III during the 32nd century BCE
Tura, where a tomb yielded a complete jar bearing a serekh topped by two falcons. More recently, serekhs of Double Falcon have been found in the Sinai Peninsula
Double_Falcon
Sovereign
may be a serekh with an undetailed bird found by Flinders Petrie in the tomb of Qa'a at Abydos. A more legible inscription showing a serekh with a bird
Horus_Bird_(pharaoh)
Egyptian archaeological artifact
insignia called a serekh, which is "a composite hieroglyphic symbol standing for the king/crown/state and the state's property". The serekhs bear the rebus
Narmer_Palette
Last phase of the Naqada culture of ancient Egyptian prehistory
dynasty. In this period, those kings' names were inscribed in the form of serekhs on a variety of surfaces including pottery and tombs. The period was characterized
Naqada_III
Egyptian pharaoh (First Dynasty)
romanisation of his Horus name, written as a Horus falcon perched upon a serekh with a mace and shield in its talons, forming a variant of hieroglyph Gardiner
Hor-Aha
Oval enclosing hieroglyphs of a royal name in Ancient Egypt
word can also be spelled as "r" with "n", the mouth over the horizontal n. Serekh, a predecessor to the cartouche Toki Pona, a modern constructed language
Cartouche
Last pharaoh of the second dynasty of Egypt
in Egyptian history as having both the symbols of Horus and Seth on his serekh. At the beginning of his reign he adopted the Horus name Khasekhem, "The
Khasekhemwy
Totemic animal of the god Set
Scorpion II of Naqada III. It was soon thereafter portrayed mounted upon the serekhs of Seth-Peribsen and Khasekhemwy. Egyptians' depictions of the Set animal
Set_animal
Period of ancient Egyptian history
unification. In this period, those kings' names were inscribed in the form of serekhs on a variety of surfaces including pottery and tombs. The period was characterized
Dynasty_0
Protodynastic Egyptian king
convinced that the golden rosette was some kind of forerunner to the later serekh. The scorpion fetish, which underlies the name of Scorpion II, is generally
Scorpion_II
Egyptian pharaoh
Sneferka's serekh-name is the object of current investigations, because of the unusual typographical order of the hieroglyphic signs within the serekh. This
Sneferka
Egyptian war and sky deity
his serekh name in place of the falcon hieroglyph representing Horus. His successor Khasekhemwy used both Horus and Set in the writing of his serekh. This
Horus
Fragment of a stele known as the Royal Annals of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt
other pharaohs who have Horus on their serekh, Peribsen has Seth on it. Khasekhemwy (2nd dynasty), his serekh has both Horus and Seth on it, likely to
Palermo_Stone
Provisional name of an Egyptian predynastic ruler
and reads Shendjw, too, but sees only a large rope curl sign inside the serekh. Almost nothing is known about Crocodile's reign. If he existed, he might
Crocodile_(pharaoh)
First-dynasty pharaoh of Egypt
"Hor-Djer-ib".British Museum(Catalogue number EA35524) Seal impression with the serekh of Djer found in Abydos, on display at the British Museum Ceremonial flint
Djer
Ancient Egyptian decorative stone mace head
the Early Dynastic Period reign of king Narmer (c. 31st century BC) whose serekh is engraved on it. The macehead is now kept at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Narmer_Macehead
Egyptian pharaoh
bearing Semerkhet's name and titles come from Abydos and Sakkara. Semerkhet's serekh name is commonly translated as "companion of the divine community" or "thoughtful
Semerkhet
Early ancient Egyptian king
Ba, also known as Horus Ba, is the serekh-name of an early Egyptian or ancient Egyptian king who may have ruled at the end of the 1st Dynasty, the latter
Ba_(pharaoh)
Egyptian pharaoh
rock inscription near Abu Handal in Lower Nubia which shows a serekh of the king. A serekh is a rectangular symbol enclosing a royal name and representing
Nynetjer
Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom)
discovered in 1903 by John Garstang. Though damaged, the seal displays the serekh of Sanakht, together with a cartouche containing a form of the sign for
Third_Dynasty_of_Egypt
British Judaic scholar
Translation, Apparatus and Notes. (The Aramaic Bible 17A), T&T Clark Ltd 2003 Serekh ha-Yahad and Two Related Texts, Oxford: Clarendon Press 1998 Textual Sources
Philip_S._Alexander
Egyptian ruler
social status. Hedju-Hor is only known from two clay jugs on which his serekh appears: one from Tura in the eastern Nile Delta and one from Abu Zeidan
Hedju-Hor
Ancient Egyptian necropolis
Dynasty pharaohs had tomb steles erected outside their tomb with their Serekh and their Horus name listed on it, which helps confirms the identity of
Umm_El_Qa'ab
Ancient Egyptian artefact
It describes the victory of an Egyptian king, embodied by his serekh, although the serekh does not give a specific royal name. The circles at the bottom
Relief of Gebel Sheikh Suleiman
Relief_of_Gebel_Sheikh_Suleiman
Ancient Egyptian regent and consort
son was too young to rule. Her name was written on a Naqada seal inside a serekh, which was the way the kings' names were written. This would mean Merneith
Merneith
Motif in the Hathor temple in Egypt
four figures with human faces, under his head the figure of Heh on the Serekh at the prow of his barge. The Iuf-monkey with the face of a toad, knives
Dendera_light
Horus name of an early Egyptian king
provide likely estimate for the Den's accession to 3011–2921 BC (1σ). Den's serekh name is well attested on earthen seal impressions, on ivory labels and in
Den_(pharaoh)
Ancient Egyptian solar deity
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Ra
Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh of first dynasty
falcon. The wings carry the bark of Seker, below the celestial bark Djet's serekh is surrounded by two Was scepters and one Ankh-sign. List of Pharaohs Ancient
Djet
Egyptian pharaoh
German Archaeological Institute. Stone vessel fragment bearing Anedjib serekh. Serekh of Anedjib from an inscription. Map of Anedjib's tomb in the Umm el-Qa'ab
Anedjib
Egyptian pharaoh
Djoser at Sakkara and on one excavation site at Elephantine. Sekhemib's serekh name is notable, as it is the first in Egyptian history to be extended with
Sekhemib-Perenmaat
Hieroglyphic inscription on Sehel Island, Egypt
inscriptions that connect the cartouche name Djoser (“the blessed one”) with the serekh name Netjerikhet (“divine of body”) of king Djoser in one word, helping
Famine_Stela
Possibly an ancient Egyptian predynastic ruler
this argument on the similarities between Hor's own heraldic crest, his serekh, and the carving above Wash on the Narmer palette depicting Horus leading
Wash_(pharaoh)
Egyptian god of the desert, storms, violence, and foreigners
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Set_(deity)
Semitic title often used in reference to deities
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Baal
Ancient Egyptian king
with Hotep's prenomen, Egyptian Museum. Bone cylinder inscribed with the serekh of Hotep, Brooklyn Museum. Entrance to the gallery tomb beneath the Unas
Hotepsekhemwy
Ancient Egyptian goddess
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Bastet
Ancient Egyptian god of funerary rites
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Anubis
Drawing of a Ka in the form of a man with 2 upright arms and the Serekh of the pharaoh (empty to not represent any specific pharaoh) on top of his head
Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul
Ancient_Egyptian_conception_of_the_soul
Ancient Egyptian deity
Khepresh Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Abaset
Ancient Egyptian deity of the Moon, learning, writing
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Thoth
thousand years". The first Egyptian kings were known by their Horus name (serekh), with additional Nebty and Golden Horus honorifics. From the late First
List_of_pharaohs
Ancient Egyptian goddess
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Isis
Major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Hathor
Ancient Egyptian god
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Amun
Group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology worshipped at Heliopolis
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Ennead
Ancient Egyptian goddess
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Nephthys
Religious beliefs of the Kushites
Hypocephalus Imiut fetish Khepresh Kneph Menat Nebu Nemes Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Languages
Kushite_religion
Ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Osiris
examples of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Notably, the palette contains carved Serekhs bearing the rebus symbols n'r (catfish) and mr (chisel). These are believed
List_of_oldest_documents
and right. The Cairo Museum guidebook presents the two cartouches, one serekh of Ahmose and a black-and-white photo of the stele. Ahmose's name is translated
Stela_of_Queen_Tetisheri
Fourth Dynasty ancient Egyptian pharaoh
One of them was found at the Dakhla Oasis in the Libyan Desert. Khufu's serekh name is carved in a rock inscription reporting the "Mefat-travelling in
Khufu
Ancient Egyptian deities
began in 1991 BC. Typically, this name is not framed by a cartouche or serekh, but always begins with the hieroglyphs of a vulture and a cobra, each resting
Two_Ladies
Ancient Egyptian city
Serekh of Intef I inscribed posthumously for him by Mentuhotep II
Thebes,_Egypt
Provisional name of the first known predynastic Egypt ruler (existence disputed)
and Gebel Sheikh-Suleiman, where the hieroglyphs are put inside a royal serekh. On ivory tags found at Abydos, the Elephant appears without any other royal
Elephant_(pharaoh)
Story in ancient Egyptian mythology
Dynasty (c. 2890–2686 BCE), King Peribsen used the Set animal in writing his serekh-name, in place of the traditional falcon hieroglyph representing Horus.
Osiris_myth
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List_of_Egyptian_deities
Egyptian deity and concepts of truth, order and justice
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Maat
Horus name of the second early Egyptian king of the 2nd dynasty
to pharaohs of the 4th Dynasty are located at the same places. Nebra's serekh name is of great interest to Egyptologists, since it is written with the
Nebra_(pharaoh)
Ancient Egyptian god of the annual flooding of the Nile
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Hapi_(Nile_god)
Ancient Egyptian primordial goddess
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Amunet
Series of three monumental statues
Khepresh Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Koptos_colossi
Ancient Egyptian deity of households
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Bes
Ancient Egyptian deity
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Seshat
Era after unification, c. 3150–2686 BC
likelihood, Naqada III saw the earliest codification of signs, where royal serekhs—a rectangular cartouche representing the niched or gated façade of a palace
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
Early_Dynastic_Period_of_Egypt
Ancient Egyptian term
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Isfet_(Egyptian_mythology)
Cultural or religious practice
Hypocephalus Imiut fetish Khepresh Kneph Menat Nebu Nemes Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Languages
Veneration_of_the_dead
Egyptian goose deity
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Gengen-Wer
Ancient Egyptian goddess
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Sekhmet
Alleged curse on people who disturb the mummy of a pharaoh
Khepresh Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Curse_of_the_pharaohs
Ancient Egyptian primordial god
Khepresh Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Shu_(god)
Ancient Egyptian deity
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Apis_(deity)
Ancient Egyptian deity
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Min_(god)
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh
year on the throne. In early 2018, more than 220 clay seals bearing the serekh of Djedkare were uncovered in Tell Edfu in the south of Upper Egypt. These
Djedkare_Isesi
Egyptian polymath, later deified
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Imhotep
Egyptian god
Khepresh Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Harsomtus
Ancient Egyptian creator deity
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Atum
Contemporary practice of Ancient Egyptian religion
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Kemetism
Ancient Egyptian deity
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Apophis
Violent feminine counterpart of Ra in Ancient Egyptian mythology
Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Seqtet boat Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Eye_of_Ra
was only ordinary non-terumah bread. This handwashing is referred to as serekh terumah 'habit of terumah' (סֶרֶךְ תְּרוּמָה); as all Jews were now required
Handwashing_in_Judaism
Step Pyramid of 3rd dynasty
only present a king's horus name in a serekh and only later do they record the throne or birth name. Thus, the serekh of Khaba could correspond to the throne
Layer_Pyramid
Egyptian hieroglyph
Khasekhemwy, Pharaoh of 2nd Dynasty. Serekh, using the Horus–falcon, and the Set-animal (hieroglyph). (for his name: rising sun: Kha + sekhemwy.
Sun-rising_(hieroglyph)
Ancient Egyptian personification of the primordial watery abyss
Khepresh Kneph Menat Modius Nebu Nemes Neshmet Ouroboros Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Winged sun
Nun_(mythology)
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Ancient Egyptian funerary practices
Ancient_Egyptian_funerary_practices
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Egyptian_mythology
God of creation and the waters in Egyptian mythology
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Khnum
Ancient kingdom in Nubia, Africa
Hypocephalus Imiut fetish Khepresh Kneph Menat Nebu Nemes Pschent Scarab Serekh Shen ring Solar barque Tyet Ushabti Vulture crown Was-sceptre Languages
Kingdom_of_Kush
SEREKH
SEREKH
SEREKH
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Girl/Female
Anglo Saxon
Battle maid.
Biblical
God is good
Male
French
Perhaps the French equivalent of English Galahad, a form of Hebrew Gilad, GALEHOT means "hard, stony region." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a Knight of the Round Table who was called "Lord of the Remote Islands."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Chilson in Oxfordshire, named with Old English cild ‘young man’ (see Child) + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.It is not known when this surname was first brought to America, but it was well established in CT in the early 18th century. Daniel Chilson of Weathersfield, CT, was born about 1720 and on 4 October 1745 married Sybil Stanclift in Middlesex County, CT.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Wise, Very intelligent
Girl/Female
Teutonic
Mother earth.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Kashyapi | கஷà¯à®¯à®¾à®ªà¯€
Earth
Boy/Male
Greek
Stone.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Treasure of Righteousness
SEREKH
SEREKH
SEREKH
SEREKH
SEREKH