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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3609080, member: 56859&quot;][USER=78411]@Nicholas Molinari[/USER], looking at the winged deity again I think I was misled by the odd Egyptian habit of mixing perspectives when drawing people (hips and legs side view, shoulders facing, head in profile).&nbsp; In this case I think the crown is facing yet the head is in profile <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />-- and the crown is indeed the Atef crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Atef crown is described as the the White Crown with an ostrich feather or other large feather on either side.&nbsp; In drawings this crown often seems to have the feathers front and back rather than on the sides.&nbsp; In sculptures the feathers are on the sides and a uraeus is at front.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Hedjet (White Crown, symbolizing a pharaoh&#039;s domain over Upper Egypt):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pharaoh/explore/images/white.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>2D representations of the Atef crown:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Osiris-tomb-of-Nefertari.jpg/300px-Osiris-tomb-of-Nefertari.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Atef_crown.svg/200px-Atef_crown.svg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(images from wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the perspective is simply messed up even though there is an ear notch which would mean the feathers are front and back.&nbsp; Look at this 3D representation:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://apuntes.santanderlasalle.es/arte/egipto/escultura/osiris_gf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>image from <a href="http://apuntes.santanderlasalle.es/arte/egipto/escultura/osiris_gf.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://apuntes.santanderlasalle.es/arte/egipto/escultura/osiris_gf.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://apuntes.santanderlasalle.es/arte/egipto/escultura/osiris_gf.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at my coin&#039;s reverse again I see a roundish knob atop the hat, and the secondary line could be one of the side feathers.&nbsp; You can distinguish a uraeus too.&nbsp; I&#039;ve painted the white crown white, a side feather blue, and the uraeus yellow:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]966395[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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