Serekh
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Key facts
- Hieroglyphs.title
- Serekh
- Hieroglyphs.name
- S29-r:Aa1-O33(Unicode: 𓊁 )
- Hieroglyphs.era
- egypt
- Hieroglyphs.name transcription
- srḫ/ serekh
- Hieroglyphs.name explanation
- façade (of the palace)
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- Subclass of
- name
- Part of
- regalia of the Pharaohs
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Appearance
- History
- Horus
- Progression
- Peribsen and Khasekhemwy
- See also
- References
thumb|upright|alt=Line drawing of a serekh|Horus serekh, heavily embellished form
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a serekh is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the Horus falcon, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The serekh was the earliest convention used to set apart the royal name in ancient Egyptian iconography, predating the later and better known cartouche by four dynasties and five to seven hundred years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Serekh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.