Shuti Hieroglyph (two-feather Adornment)

Shuti Hieroglyph (two-feather Adornment)

The ancient Egyptian Shuti, a two-feather adornment for crowns is part of a series of hieroglyphs for "crowns"; usage as a hieroglyph is not as common as the actual crown represented in Egyptian art, and artworks.

One popular use of the Shuti, two-feather crown is by the god Amun, one of his many crowns he is portrayed wearing. The tail feathers in this crown are generally straight, and are assumed to be the tail feathers of a falcon. The can be compared to the ostrich features in the Atef crown of Osiris, or the single ostrich feather that symbolizes Maat.

The shuti hieroglyph and crown may be based upon Maat's ostrich feather, the single curved-top Shu-feather (hieroglyph); it is shown in iconography in both the straight-feather form (when used as a doubled crown). However, the straight feathers of Amun's crown are thought to be falcon feathers.