Open To Interpretation
Egyptian Throne
HWT-Box Throne
Serekh
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On the center part of the macehead, behind the throne with the seated king, there is a figure just like the supposed sandal-bearer from the Narmer palette, likewise with the rosette sign above its head. He is followed by a man carrying a long pole. Above him three men are walking, two of them also carrying long poles. The serekh displaying the signs for Narmer can be seen above these men.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmer_Macehead
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Notes: Mariners 6-4 today...I've gone on about the Narmer Mace before, comparing it to a ritual Moche scene...brb...bk...
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https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-51726-1_2577-1
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I went on about the kiosk of the Moche being like the kiosk of the Egyptians...revisiting I see the Moche under the kiosk is on a throne too...for sometime...the block throne of the Egyptians, reserved it seems for gods and Pharaohs, is what I'm on about, and it looks to resemble the "serekh"...
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Hieroglyphic symbol comprising the recessed paneling described in modern times as “palace facade” decoration. It is the image of a brick facade to a palace or enclosure, with a rectangular space above. It is believed to have been modeled on the design of the earliest royal residences beginning in the Early Dynastic Period. It is found on mastaba tombs, false door stelae, coffins, sarcophagi, and numerous other funerary and ceremonial contexts throughout Egyptian history. A falcon (the sign for Horus) perches on the top horizontal of the rectangle, which encloses a king’s Horus name (the first name in a king’s titulary).
EDA, Encyclopedia Dictionary of Archaeology-see link above...site has search
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that's the first time a search brought up EDA...curious what I can find using their search!...welp, put in "egyptian throne" and that turned up like three thousand log lines, most connected to papers behind pay wall...there was another site I found looking for the thrones...factsanddetails.com...brb...hmmph...a throne search took me to that site a few days back, and I've lost the search words I used...it's a good site!...it culls from 19th and 18th, and ancient literature/history/archaeology, and contemporary...there's a lot to cull from!...oh...a google image search found this:
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The bark’s most basic function was to transport gods and mummies. When transporting gods, the bark was fitted with a gold-plated naos containing a divine image seated on a hwt-block throne,17 which was veiled with a thin canopy of wood or cloth (Fig. 17.4).18
17 On the h ˙ wt-block throne, srh˘ -block throne, and the “lion-throne,” see Kuhlmann (2008). For a comparative work on thrones, see Metzger (1985).
https://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/PDFs/articles/noegel-ark-2015.pdf
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article is going on about a side by side with the Egyptian shrine and the ark of the covenant...too much!...have I found the name of the block throne?...hwt...brb...bk
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Klaus P. Kuhlmann of the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo wrote: “Basically, Egyptian thrones came in two shapes, which seem to have coexisted since early Old Kingdom times. A square block incorporating a short backrest represented a simple “traditional” type (earliest example under Khufu). It remains unclear whether this type of seat evolved from (a flight of three brick-made) stairs as early sign shapes seem to suggest or from a bundle of reeds. In general, the block-throne has a Hwt-like design ) on its sides. This is the typical throne of gods, who “preside” over a temple (Hwt-nTr), and it is mainly—but not exclusively—in a religious context that also pharaoh is shown on such a (“sacred”) block-throne.
https://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub404/entry-6142.html
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and, and success!..by the roundabout way, I arrive at what I had read at factanddetails...see page!...very cool, and I'm worn out...more tomorrowmorrow, that "bundle of reeds"...time to feed Maya, my dog...
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DavidDavid
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