Khepresh

The Blue Crown, or War Crown, was represented in hieroglyphs. Second Intermediate Period The earliest known mention of the khepresh is on the stela Cairo JE 59635 [CG 20799] which dates to the reign of pharaoh Neferhotep III, during the Second Intermediate Period. In this and other examples from the same era, the word is written with a determinative that represents the cap crown, a lower and less elaborate type of crown. The earliest known depiction of the khepresh is on the stela Cairo CG 20517 which dates to the reign of Snaaib, during the Second Intermediate Period. The stela shows him wearing the Khepresh crown and adoring the god Min New Kingdom During the New Kingdom, pharaohs were shown with this crown in military circumstances. However, some scholars think that the crown was also meant to evoke the divine power of the pharaoh, and was thereby worn to religiously situate kings as manifestations of gods on earth. Images of the khepresh from the reign of Ahmose I, first king of the Eighteenth Dynasty, show a headdress that is taller than the cap crown and more angular than later forms of the khepresh. This crown continued to evolve during the early Eighteenth Dynasty, attaining its best-known form in the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. After Amenhotep III's reign – and particularly during the 18th and 19th Dynasties – it came into fashion and was even adopted by some pharaohs as a primary crown. After the New Kingdom The crown was not seen depicted in the Kushite Dynasty (747 to 656 BCE). However, depictions of the crowns returned in the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (664 to 525 BCE). Some of the Ptolemaic and early Roman pharaohs are also depicted wearing it, with the last depiction being from the reign of Trajan. ==Gallery==

Snaaib.jpg|Snaaib Pharaoh Ahmose I slaying a Hyksos (axe of Ahmose I, from the Treasure of Queen Aahhotep II) Colorized per source.jpg|Ahmose I P1200400 Louvre un roi E16277 rwk.jpg|Amenhotep I Hatshepsut Relife (Khepresh).jpg|Hatshepsut Ancient Egypt Limestone Bas-Relief (28127212370) (Thutmose Khepresh).jpg|Thutmose III Red Chapel detail2.jpg|Relief from the Red Chapel showing Thutmose III behind Hatshepsut while both are wearing the Khepresh and making offering to the gods. Egyptian - Statue Head of King Amenhotep II with the "Blue Crown" - Walters 22229.jpg|Amenhotep II Thutmosis IV.jpg|Thutmose IV Karnak Musee 04 (cropped).jpg|Relief from the Barque Chapel of Thutmosis IV showing Thutmose IV wearing the Khepresh and making offering to the gods. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III - Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Blue Crown - 1952.513 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif|Amenhotep III Head of the statue of an Amarna king (Akhenaten?) with khepresh crown and uraeus, painted limestone - Museo Egizio Turin C 1398 p04.jpg|Akhenaten Akhenaten with blue crown.jpg|Akhenaten with blue paint on the khepresh crown Akenatón Berlín 05.JPG|Wooden standing statue of Akhenaten. Currently in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin. Egypte louvre 173.jpg|Akhenaten and Nefertiti statuette Head of Tutankhamun MET DT546.jpg|Tutankhamun Tutanhkamun Shabti.jpg|Tutankhamun ushabti Ay detail in KV62 - Opening of the Mouth for Tutankhamun (cropped).jpeg|Ay -1316-1302 Haremhab Opfer anagoria.JPG|Horemheb Luxor temple9 c.jpg|Horemheb relief Tut-tuxure 407.jpg|This relief shows Tutankhamun (usurped by Horemheb) wearing the khepresh crown. Luxor Temple. Nuovo regno, xix dinastia, testa di sethi I, 1290-1279 ac ca, forse da grottaferrata.jpg|Seti I Abydos Sethi et Ramses.jpg|Relief of the Abydos King List showing Seti I and his son Ramesses II on the way to make an offering. Seti is seen wearing the Khepresh while Ramesses is depicted as a prince holding censers. Abydos Tempelrelief Sethos I. 24.JPG|Relief in the temple of Seti I of Seti I wearing the Khepresh while presenting an offering to Horus Statue of Ramses II from Karnak, granodiorite - C 1380 Museo Egizio (Turin) 09.jpg|Ramesses II Abydos Tempelrelief Ramses II. 15.JPG|Fragment of a painted relief of Ramesses II wearing the Khepresh while being accompanied by Horus Egyptian - The Head of a Statue of Amenhotep III, Re-Carved for Ramesses II - Walters 22107 - Three Quarter Right.jpg|This statue shows Amenhotep III (recarved as Ramesses II) wearing the khepresh crown. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Merneptah Stele 2022 09 (crop2).jpg|Merneptah Seti-II-StatueHead MetropolitanMuseum.png|Amenmesse Weihrauchopfer RamsesIII aus KV11.jpg|Ramesses III Artist's Sketch of Ramesses IV MET 30.8.234 front.jpg|Ramesses IV Egypte louvre 129 ramses6.jpg|Ramesses VI Satirical papyrus with the god Thoth and some baboons on the verso and religious text with the cartouches of Ramesses VII on the recto - Museo Egizio Turin C 2059 65 2059 64 p02 (Ramesses VII) (cropped).jpg|Ramesses VII Ramses IX Karnak.jpg|Ramesses IX RamsesXCrop.jpg|Ramesses X Ostracon03-RamessidePeriod MetropolitanMuseum.png|Ramesses XI Relief Siamun Petrie.jpg|Siamun Xxvi dinastia, testa reale di forse di psammetrico I.jpg|Psamtik I Tête du pharaon Psammetique II.jpg|Psamtik II Apries.jpg|Apries Achoris or Nectanebo I statuette, Egype, Late Period, 29th to 30th Dynasty, 393-362 BCE - Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - DSC08142 (cropped).JPG|Hakor Nectanebo I with khepresh crown.jpg|Nectanebo I Il re Amirteo (Teos) fa offerta a Scions (NYPL b14291206-425590) (Teos).jpg|Teos NectaneboII-StatueHead MuseumOfFineArtsBoston.png|Nectanebo II Louxor Amon Ra Alexandre (Alexandros).jpg|Alexander the Great Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum 2018-09-20zo (Ptolemaios).jpg|Ptolemy I Head of a royal statue (Ptolemy II ?), quartzite - Museo Egizio Turin C 1396 p01.jpg|Ptolemy II Head of Ptolemy II or III MET EG66.99.134.jpeg|Ptolemy III Ptolemaic Temple Reliefs at Deir el-Medina (XI).jpg|Ptolemy IV Temple of Philae - Aswan - Egypt (4058080403) (cropped).jpg|Ptolemy VI (left) Agilkia Hathortempel 10 (Ptolemy VIII).JPG|Ptolemy VIII Ptolemy XII Dionisos.jpg|Ptolemy XII Cesarion waving sistrums-MBA Lyon E501-IMG 0062-IMG 0065 (Cesarion).jpg|Ptolemy XV (Caesarion) Augustus-in-Kalabsha.jpg|Augustus KomOmbo 2004-12.jpg|Tiberius DenderaHathorTempleComplexQenaEgypt548-2007feb10 Nero.jpg|Nero DeirHagarLeftDoorPost (Titus).jpg|Titus Dendera Römisches Mammisi 23 (Trajan).JPG|Trajan == See also ==