This fragments comes from a wall relief in the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. A king is depicted wearing a splendid composite crown, which is probably the so-called feather crown composed of two tall ostrich feathers. Only the serrated outlines of the feathers have been preserved in the relief. The feathers are set on a pair of massive ram's horns with a solar disk and a pair of smaller bull's horns attached to them. Two upright cobras appear on either side of the feathers; their heads are now missing. Two smaller cobras are appended from the horns. The king has the uraeus on his forehead. His ceremonial beard has a small curve at the tip, and he wears a broad collar without any details.
"[1] ... given life like Re, may he endure (at the head of the kas of all living beings [...])"
Bibliography
Steindorff, G., Die Blütezeit des Pharaonenreichs (Monographien zur Weltgeschichte 10), Bielefeld; Leipzig 1900, Abb. 17 (noch in situ photographiert).
Porter, B. & Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, vol. II² : Theban temples, Oxford 1972, S. 355 (falsche Zuordnung).
Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 69, Abb. 43.
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