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serekh en · NOUN

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Egyptian s-r:x-O33 (srḫ, “palace façade”).

Meanings

  1. In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a top-down view of a royal courtyard containing the Horus name of a pharaoh, usually topped by a Horus falcon.

Forms

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serekhs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

serekh name

Relateds

cartouche