Iconography of The Red Crown
- For the main article of the Red Crown, see: Deshret
One of the first uses in iconography of the Red Crown is for Pharaoh Narmer, on his famous Narmer Palette. Throughout wall scenes, steles, tomb reliefs, papyrus, and representation of gods-as-pharaoh, either the Red Crown, White Crown, Pschent-crown, etc. are used.
A painted ostracon from the Ramesside Period is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ostracons were often used as a 'trial piece'; some ostracons were used as individual expressions-(like a cartoon), and their purpose, and usage often only guesswork.
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