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<p> In <a href="page.php?w=Egyptian_hieroglyphs">Egyptian hieroglyphs</a>, a <b>serekh</b> is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the <a href="page.php?w=Horus">Horus</a> <a href="page.php?w=falcon">falcon</a>, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The serekh was the earliest convention used to set apart the royal name in ancient <a href="page.php?w=Egypt">Egypt</a>ian iconography, predating the later and better known <a href="page.php?w=cartouche">cartouche</a> by four</p><p>
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