Deshret

Deshret
Deshret, the Red Crown of Lower Egypt
Details
Country	Ancient Lower Egypt
Successors	Pschent

Deshret, Red Crown (crown as determinative) in hieroglyphs

Deshret (Ancient Egyptian: 𓂧𓈙𓂋𓏏𓋔, romanized: dšrt, lit. 'Red One') was the Red Crown of Lower Egypt. It was red bowl shaped with a protruding curlicue (possibly symbolising the proboscis or sting of the honey bee). When combined with the Hedjet (White Crown) of Upper Egypt, it forms the Pschent (Double Crown), in ancient Egyptian called the sekhemti.

The Red Crown in Egyptian language hieroglyphs eventually was used as the vertical letter "n". The original "n" hieroglyph from the Predynastic Period and the Old Kingdom was the sign depicting ripples of water.

The word Deshret also referred to the desert Red Land on either side of Kemet (Black Land), the fertile Nile river basin.