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The crook and flail (heka and nekhakha) were symbols used in ancient Egyptian society. They were originally the attributes of the deity Osiris that became insignia of pharaonic authority. [ 1 ] The shepherd's crook stood for kingship and the flail for the fertility of the land.
Coffinette of Tutankhamun holding the crook and flail, 18th dynasty. The sceptre-heqa is surely the oldest symbol of Pharaonic domination. It represents a shepherd's crook, a stick with a curved end. [28] The hook and its spread were designed to grasp an ovis or caprinae (ewe, goat) by the hind leg in order to administer care. The symbolism of ...
Shepherd's crook A shepherd's crook. A shepherd's crook is a long and sturdy stick with a hook at one end, often with the point flared outwards, used by a shepherd to manage and sometimes catch sheep. In addition, the crook may aid in defending against attack by predators. When traversing rough terrain, a crook is an aid to balance.
Osiris (/ oʊ ˈ s aɪ r ɪ s /, from Egyptian wsjr) [a] was the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned deity with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy -wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding ...
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.
A crozier on the coat of arms of Basel, Switzerland which was ruled by Prince-Bishops during the Middle Ages. A crozier or crosier (also known as a paterissa, pastoral staff, or bishop's staff) [1] is a stylized staff that is a symbol of the governing office of a bishop or abbot and is carried by high-ranking prelates of Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox ...
Microlith – ancient Egyptian stone flakes; Menat – an amulet worn around the neck. Also a musical instrument, a metal rattle (see also: sistrum) Menhed – a scribe's pallet; Mummy – body after mummification; Naos – religious shrine; portable shrine for carrying a god; Ostracon – pottery sherd, limestone Sherd, used as writing material
The letter is usually considered to have originated from the representation of an ox-goad, i.e. a cattle prod, or a shepherd's crook, i.e. a pastoral staff. In Proto-Semitic a goad was called * lamed -.