serekh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

serekh serekhs

Etymology

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

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