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	Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt: Examples of Exam Essays
		Serekhs of the predynastic period often lack one or more of the four elements of the classical serekh: Horus falcon, royal name, palace façade, enclosure.
		The monumentalized serekh of Djet from Abydos may be an attempt to link the Abydos burial tradition with that at Memphis (as evidenced by the the Dynasty 1 mastabas at Saqqara).
		In sum, the serekh is part of the package of ideological images associated with kingship meant to extoll the special relationship of the Egyptian king to the gods and his importance in the political, social and economic life of the country.
	www.trinity.edu /mgarriso/Egypt/EgyptDjet.html (986 words)

	Narmer Serekh Sign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the summer of 1994, excavators from the Nahal Tillah expedition discovered a rare incised ceramic sherd with the serekh sign of King Narmer, the same individual whose ceremonial slate palette was found by Quibell in Upper Egypt.
		The serekh was found on a large circular platform, possibly the foundations of a storage silo on the Halif Terrace.
		Mineralogical studies of the sherd with the serekh sign show conclusively that it is a fragment of a wine jar which was imported from the Nile valley to Israel some 5,000 years ago.
	www.anthro.ucsd.edu /~tlevy/Tillah/serekh.html (184 words)

	Ancient Egypt: the Mythology - Palace Wall
		Appearance: The serekh glyph was one of the devices in which the name of the king was written.
		Meaning: The sides and "frame" of the serekh probably represent walls as seen in a plan, while the entire symbol represented the walls of the royal palace or the city in which the king lived as the incarnation of Horus.
		On the rear of the king's throne (the serekh could also mean "throne") is carved the serekh symbol with the king's name within the frame.
	www.egyptianmyths.net /palace.htm (290 words)

	Egyptian Pharaohs : Predynastic : Dynasty 0 : Scorpion II
		Scorpion, although it is never shown in a serekh as the other kings of the era were shown.
		The action movie The Scorpion King, starring The Rock, is fantasy, of course; but there is indeed quite a bit of valid evidence for an Egyptian king who is commonly called "Scorpion", based on the depiction of a scorpion sign with his portrait on a mace head.
		The hardest thing about reconciling the existence of a possibly mythic "Scorpion King" is that his name does not appear in a serekh - a stylized pre-cartouche topped by a falcon - as do the names of the other kings of Dynasty 0 and Dynasty I.
	www.phouka.com /pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn00/06scorpion2.html (514 words)

	Ritual Density in Qumran Practice: Ablutions in the Serekh Ha-Yachad
		For ritual immersion in the Serekh Ha-Yachad, this caveat opens an option beyond the two sketched above: that the tohorah which ablutions precede at 1QS 5:13 is only dry solids and that the omission in the text of any ablutions coming before mashqeh is deliberate.
		When applied to ablutions in the Serekh Ha-Yachad, such an approach yields the prospect that, though they are not mentioned as such in the document, immersions were performed in the admission and penal processes: either intermittently at key stages or once at their respective conclusions.
		When reapplied to ablutions in the Serekh Ha-Yachad, this tempered methodology suggests rather that, from the point at which tohorah was first attained (in admission) or re-instated (in discipline), immersion occurred routinely, at more frequent (perhaps daily) intervals in sectarian life.
	orion.mscc.huji.ac.il /symposiums/10th/papers/daise.htm (3790 words)

	Serekhs of Dynasty 0 (Naqada IIIb1-2)
		Most of the known Late Predynastic serekhs are incised on tall wine jars found in Egypt (and Southern Levant); the incision was made with a pointed (probably bone or ivory-) tool in the wet clay of the vessel's shoulder, and sometimes an additional mark was incised beside the s.
		It should however be made a distinction between true serekhs and representations of shrines: although, as we have explained, the latter could have been at the origin of the former one, we can generally understand the proper function and symbolic value of the two categories, which is often a somewhat different one.
		It is not certain that the complex niched architecture was the base or inspiration for the serekh representation: maybe the latter imitated lighter materials buildings and the palace façade derived from a later Near Eastern influence of Early 1st Dyn.
	xoomer.virgilio.it /francescoraf/hesyra/Dyn0serekhs.htm (8471 words)

	ARCE/NC ARCHIVES
		The oldest representations of kingly names, written in a serekh often have the symbols of goddesses such as Neith-hetep and Merytneith above the serekh.
		Often the serekh of the goddess Neith appears side by side with that of the falcon god, Horus.
		Frequently the king's serekh is next to the symbol for the goddess (shield and crossed arrows).
	home.comcast.net /~hebsed/hollis.htm (1108 words)

	Corpus of Egyptian Late Predynastic Palettes
		Den was the fifth king of the first Dynasty that ruled Egypt and the serekh was the shape that included the king's name and was developed to become the cartouche.
		Hor, on top of the serekh is represented as a falcon to express the fact that Den was a powerful king and that he, as a ruler, was strong and his reign a particularly characteristic and prosperous.
		Amongst the unearthed objects a cylindrical seal bearing Hieroglyph inscriptions that might represent the owner's title or his position, the signs smr-sk3mr.sb3 might probably design the combination of the soul and the ba according to the SCA archaeologists who worked hard to unearth properly these valuable items.
	xoomer.virgilio.it /francescoraf/hesyra/palettes/manshiyet.htm (803 words)

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	A New Look at Ancient Egypt @ UPMAA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Museum's calcite "Narmer vase" is decorated with the name of the king inside a rectangular box called a serekh, which represents the niched architecture found on royal buildings at this time.
		The falcon god Horus, who was already identified with the reigning king at this early date, is perched atop this serekh.
		This vase was excavated in a tomb at Abydos, which has been identified as belonging to King Aha, the successor of Narmer.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/origins.shtml (604 words)

	The Early Dynastic Period
		The name would be written in a "serekh" panel, with the Horus falcon standing on top.
		Each of the Early Dynastic tombs in the Royal Cemetery of Abydos was originally provided with a pair of carved stone funerary stelae, resembling tombstones.
		The stelae would usually bear a hieroglyph called a "serekh" which represented the Horus name of the ruler.
	www.egyptologyonline.com /predynastic.htm (885 words)

	The Ancient Egypt Site - The Royal Titulary
		This name is ordinarily written within a rectangular frame, at the bottom of which is seen a design of recessed panelling, such as we find in the facades of early tombs and in the false doors of many private tombs.
		On the top of the serekh is perched the falcon of Horus, hence the appellation "Horus-name".
		Although it would continue to be used throughout the entire Ancient Egyptian history, it lost its importance to the prenomen en nomen from the end of the Old Kingdom on.
	www.ancient-egypt.org /language/titulary/index.html (1916 words)

	Dynasty II
		However Senji or Sened is believed to have been a contemporary of Sekem-ib who later changed his name to Seth Peribsen and removed the Horus from his serekh and replaced it with Seth.
		He changed his name to Seth Peribsen placing the Seth symbol over his serekh and reasserting the god Seth and of Lower Egypt to a place of prominence.
		A reconciliation of some sort is implied by the name change to Khasekemwy, and by the placing of Seth with Horus over the royal serekh.
	www.ghg.net /ritakarl/exodus/dyn2.htm (1722 words)

	Marysia.com - Horus
		His name probably means "belonging to Horus", however the symbols were found only on some jars and not in a serekh, so it may not be his name but a sign that the items belonged to the royal treasury or similar.
		There are late pre-dynastic royal serekhs (Naqada III, Dynasty 0) found on jars from El-Beda and Tura showing a double falcon, this king is thus known as 'Double Falcon' although whether he is one individual is unknown.
		The square with the falcon on top and serpent is the traditional serekh containing his name, the Horus Cobra.
	www.marysia.com /pagan/horus.html (2337 words)

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		However, the last two kings, Peribsen and Khasekhemwy, chose to be buried at Abydos alongside the First Dynasty kings.
		However, Peribsen's serekh here is surmounted by the animal of the god Seth (the type of animal is unknown).
		Peribsen's successor, Khasekhemwy, placed both creatures on top of his serekh, and some scholars have speculated that such changes from normal practices indicate an internal conflict in Egypt at the time.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/print?OBJ4078 (193 words)

	The Narmer Palette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Servants of the king are beardless and of smaller size than the pharaoh.
		It may be a depiction of Hathor, often associated with the pharaohs but whose worship became widespread only in the Old Kingdom, or of the pre-dynastic Bat whom Hathor replaced.
		The serekh, a precursor of the cartouche, is depicted on both sides of the palette.
	www.reshafim.org.il /ad/egypt/narmer (746 words)

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		A series of faint engravings half way up the hill can possibly be interpreted as a serekh, or horus name of an egyptian king (photos and tentative reconstruction courtesy Giancarlo Negro).
		Examining of the above 'engraving' early November 2002, I came to the conclusion that the reconstruction was based on a special lighting condition at the time the photo was taken, and misleading results of image enhancement.
		Most of the lines continue beyond the reconstuction, and I cannot distinguish a serekh or any other drawn scene.
	www.fjexpeditions.com /desert/archeology/ancientroute/ancientroute.htm (759 words)

	II SCRIPT AND PHILOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		O’BRIEN, Alexandra A., The Serekh as an Aspect of the Iconography of Early Kingship, JARCE 33 (1996), 123-138.
		The serekh sign seems to derive from some kind of door-like construction, either the false door or the entrance of the royal palace.
		The serekh can stand in for, or ‘be,’ the king; it represented his ka, his palace, his tomb and Horus.
	www.leidenuniv.nl /nino/aeb96/aeb96_2.html (9852 words)

	A New Look at Ancient Egypt @ UPMAA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The stele depicts the name of the king inside a rectangularly shaped symbol known as a serekh.
		The lower part of this rectangle is decorated with a representation of niched facaded found on royal buildings from this period.
		The serekh is surmounted by a falcon representing the god Horus, a deity associated with the ruling king and his divine office.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/kingship.shtml (1011 words)

	Royal Titulary
		The king’s name was written in the smaller one while the palast’s facade was depicted in the bigger one.
		(serekh, to make known), was adorned with a sign representing a falcon - symbol of the Horus-god.
		Horizontal illustrating of serekh on these pages, is purely conventional and in some measure constrained by an arrangement of the Web pages.
	www.narmer.pl /main/tytul_en.htm (336 words)

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		The word Serekh means 'that which makes known'.
		In the mythical story of Osiris, Horus defeated Seth, which signifies the conquest of a strong power in the south (Seth), by a stronger power from the north (Horus).
		The victory of Horus is commemorated by the placing of his image above the Serekh.
	personal.atl.bellsouth.net /k/e/ken5sar/page12.html (350 words)

	Egyptian Symbols - S
		The frame encloses the King´s Horus name, one of the five Royal titles of the King, thus symbolizing the concept of the domain of Horus, i.e.
		The serekh is seen on Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom mastabas, on false door steale, coffins and other funerary artifacts throughout history.
		During a very short period Horus was substituted with Set but the name of Horus was still being written inside a serekh even alongside the practice of the cartouche.
	www.philae.nu /akhet/SymbolsS.html (852 words)

	McClung Museum - Dynasty I Jar Sealings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the tomb of Den at Abydos, for example, sealings were found with the name of "the royal seal-bearer, Hemaka." Also, numerous jar sealings from Saqqara have Hemaka's name in conjunction with the name of the same king.
		The serekh was an emblem symbolizing the king as the god Horus, a very early falcon-god associated with the sun-god Re.
		The sign can be seen on a limestone mace-head found at Hierakonpolis belonging to a predecessor, King Narmer, who is believed the first to use it for his Horus name.
	mcclungmuseum.utk.edu /research/renotes/rn-16txt.htm (2131 words)

	Serekh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the character in the Schechter Letter, see Serakh.
		The serekh is a stylised rectangle which contained the Horus name of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs (they had five regal names each).
		The serekh was primarily used in predynatic times and during the First three Dynasties of Ancient Egypt before being replaced by the cartouche.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serekh (195 words)

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	Kemet.org About The Seals
		The first seal is Her name in a serekh followed by a phrase and is what Egyptologists refer to as the "Horus" name.
		The knowledged observer will note the presence of Her-wer and Set on Her Majesty's "Horus" name, a variation that has historical precedence in the serekh of the 15th Nisut (AUS) Peribsen, maa'-kherew.
		The hieroglyphs of Her Majesty's first seal spell "Hekatawy", meaning "Authoritative Utterance of the Two Lands", followed by the phrase di ankh djet, "may He live forever" (the Kemetic blessing following the utterance of the Nisut-bityt's name as Living Heru).
	www.kemet.org /seals.html (241 words)

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	The Israel Museum, Jerusalem \| Shrine of the Book
		These copies are spread over at least 150 years and are very diverse as to their handwriting, size, material, general presentation and physical form.
		It will be argued that any redaction-history of Serekh ha-Yahad which relies only on internal literary and textual analysis, and does not make use of the external physical evidence for transmission is incomplete; any redaction-history that clearly runs counter to the external physical evidence is flawed.
		It will also be argued that the history of the copying of the Community Rule may provide a secure starting-point for a discussion of scribal practice at Qumran.
	www.imj.org.il /eng/shrine/abstracts.html (15313 words)

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