Iseamber Crown
The Iseamber Crown was the essential piece of headdress for the High Priest of Arathrax (ie, the priest-king) during the High Yophenthean Empire (553 to 840). The Iseamber Crown resembles the pharaonic crown of upper Egypt in shape and posture, a rather long, tapering tower with a seam that divides front from back (coronal division). The Front appears as a polished white. The Seam is a finely wrought, polished gold. The back has a diagonal, quilted square patten in gold. The sides have gold, prosthetic sideburns, beginning where the seams end. On the crown, just over the forehead is a stylized sun disk. The crown was made of finished, stiffened fabric, gold leaf, and had a metallic frame with bone supports.
The Priest-king of Yophenthea wore the crown at all state occasions, including solemn processions at the solstices and equinoxes.
The Iseamber Crown became the symbol of the High Priest of Arathrax and thus of the Arathracian power of the Empire. The modern crown of the Erechórebese Arathracian Sunfather is closely based upon this original crown.
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