Narmer
★mni͗
The first pharaoh to unify Upper and Lower Egypt, depicted on the famous Narmer Palette.
- Reign
- 2900 BC–?
- Dynasty
- First Dynasty
- Period
- Early Dynasticc. 3000 BC – 2686 BC
- Also known as
- Menes
Royal Names in Hieroglyphs
3 of 5 documented
Horus Name
3 sources
- Narmer Palette (JE32169)
- Petrie, Royal Tombs, II, plate II (3)
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 36-37, x+4:H1
2 variants
Horus Name variant A
nꜤr-mr-ṯꜢi͗
Manly catfish of Horus
Horus Name variant B
nꜤr
Catfish of Horus
Prenomen (Throne Name)
3 sources
- Abydos Canon no. 1
- Mariette, Abydos, I, plate 43 (1)
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 38-39, 1:E1
1 variant
Prenomen (Throne Name) variant A
mny
He who endures
Nebty (Two Ladies) Name
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