Unas
★wni͗s
First pharaoh to inscribe the Pyramid Texts inside his pyramid, the oldest known religious corpus.
- Reign
- 2321 BC–2306 BC
- Dynasty
- Fifth Dynasty
- Period
- Old Kingdomc. 2686 BC – 2181 BC
- Also known as
- WenisUnis
Royal Names in Hieroglyphs
4 of 5 documentedHorus Name
Prenomen (Throne Name)
3 sources
- Abydos Canon no. 33
- Saqqara Canon no. 27
- Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 60-61, 8:E2
Nebty (Two Ladies) Name
Golden Horus Name
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