Pschent

Pschent is the Greek designation of the ancient Egyptian double crown, which combines the red crown of the North ( Lower Egypt ) with the white crown of the South ( Upper Egypt ). The double crown is first documented under the king in the first dynasty in connection to its introduction of the throne name.

Iconography

Is located at the front of the Pschent a uraeus as a symbol of Lower Egypt, Wadjet deity beside a vulture's head as a form of representation for the Upper Egyptian goddess Nekhbet. So both crowns represented the royal protection goddesses.

Importance

The crown is the dualistic expression of the self- red crown of the North and the white crown of the South. A symbolic coupling of upper and lower Egypt initially was not available. The Egyptian god of creation, Atum, was presented with the double crown. From the double crown no plastic copy is preserved, so that can be material or manufacturing, the crown therefore be interpreted only from relief representations or wood or stone sculptures.