atef

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  1. Father: an ancient Egyptian title and component of proper names. Also written atf.
  2. Atef-crown in Egypt, antiq., a symbolic headdress uniformly borne by the deities Khnum and Osiris, sometimes by other gods, such as Sebek, Thoth, Harmachis, etc., and occasionally assumed by kings, as the Rameses. It consisted regularly of the tall conical white cap of upper Egypt, flanked with a pair of long ostrich-plumes, and having the solar disk and uræus in front, and was probably emblematic of the sovereignty of Egypt under the attributes of light, truth, and divinity. The conical cap is sometimes omitted in works of art. The atef is often mentioned in the “Book of the Dead,” and is frequently represented in frescos, bas-reliefs, and statues.

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