Khepresh

The Chepresch (also Blue Crown or war crown) is an ancient Egyptian headdress and part of the vestments of the child gods and kings ( pharaohs ). The crown dipped the end of the Second Intermediate Period in relief, and later in round plastic representations on.

Representations

The Chepresch called a helmet- like arched crown made ​​of leather, metal or cloth of blue, rarely black color that was often provided with numerous small gold discs and on the forehead, like also the Nemes kerchief, with a uraeus.

The Chepresch crown was since the 18th Dynasty, in particular the features characteristic of kings. In Greco- Roman times it was often used in image programs as a headdress of the pharaohs. In addition, found the Chepresch crown since the beginning of the Ptolemaic rule propagated in the iconographic representations of child deities application, such as Hor -pa - chered.

Mythological connections

In Egyptological research Chepresch the crown was interpreted for a long time as a war crown. Recent studies, however, show that the use was more diverse and not limited to acts of war. Although it has been widely used in image programs regarding the victory over the enemies of Egypt, but there are other crowns is in this context. In addition, the king very often wore the blue crown when he is seen as a child, especially while nursing by goddesses. Thus, a direct link is given to the child deities, who also appeared in similar phenomena.

Symbolically served the Chepresch crown probably the renewal and fertility, and the character of the rightful heir, who makes his legitimate succession to claim. The commonality between kings and gods child regarding the Chepresch Crown was that only the king and the respective child God was wearing the blue crown as a sign of dominance over Egypt; the king as a sign of the Earthly and the child God as a symbol of divine rule.