Blue Crown

English

A statuette wearing the Blue Crown, from the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Etymology

From blue +‎ crown.

Proper noun

Blue Crown

1. A crown of Ancient Egypt, thought to have been worn in battle or used as a Ramesside substitute for the White Crown, among other functions.
   • 1979, Beatrice L. Goff, Symbols of Ancient Egypt in the Late Period: The Twenty-first Dynasty, page 202:

     I have not found the Blue Crown on the head of any figure in the Twenty-first Dynasty, though I cannot account for its absence.

   • 1989, Eleni Vassilika, Ptolemaic Philae, page 92:

     The Blue Crown (ḫprš), thought to be a war crown, first makes its appearance early in Dynasty XVIII (B).

   • 2003, Tom Hardwick, “The Iconography of the Blue Crown in the New Kingdom”, in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 89, page 117:

     Like many other head-dresses, the Blue Crown is worn by the king when presenting offerings.