Ancient Egyptian upright cobra motif signifying authority and divinity
Statuette of Uraeus, between 722 and 332 BC. Late Period. Museo Egizio Turin.
Mask of Tutankhamun's mummy featuring a uraeus, from the Eighteenth Dynasty. The cobra image of Wadjet with the vulture image of Nekhbet represent the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt.
The Uraeus ()[1] or Ouraeus (Ancient Greek: Οὐραῖος, Greek pronunciation: [οὐραῖος] ⓘ; Egyptian: jꜥrt, "rearing cobra", plural: Uraei) is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian cobra, used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity and divine authority in ancient Egypt.
- ^ "Uraeus". Dictionary.com. 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
