Statue of the child Amenmes, depicted naked with the sidelock of youth. 1480-1390 b.C., New Kingdom. Museo Egizio, Turin.Rameses II represented as a child with his sidelock
The sidelock of youth (also called a Horus lock, Prince's lock, Princess' lock, lock of childhood or side braid) was an identifying characteristic of the child in Ancient Egypt. It symbolically indicates that the wearer is a legitimate heir of Osiris. The sidelock was used as a divine attribute from at least as early as the Old Kingdom.
In earlier depictions, the sidelock can be seen with short hat-like hairstyles in, for example, mortuary cults. Later it was usually attached to an almost shoulder-length wig, which was worn in three styles: curled, straight, or in tresses. Based on the connection between sidelocks and children, Egyptologists coined the term "sidelock of youth". They are worn by both mortal and divine children.[1]
^Sylvia Schoske, Dietrich Wildung. Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten. von Zabern, Mainz 1992, ISBN 3-8053-1420-5, No. 85.
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