Narmer

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ancient Egyptian king historical figure pharaoh

Narmer was an early ancient Egyptian king, often identified with Menes, who is traditionally credited with founding the First Dynasty and initiating the unified Pharaonic state.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Narmer canonical	25
Menes	11
King Narmer	4
King of Upper Egypt	2
King Menes	1
Menes (possible identification)	1
Narmer (alternative candidate for Menes)	1
Pharaohs of the First Dynasty of Egypt	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian king ⓘ historical figure ⓘ pharaoh ⓘ
associatedDeity	Horus ⓘ
associatedWith	Narmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Menes
burialPlace	U cemetery, Umm el-Qaab, Abydos ⓘ Abydos ⓘ surface form: U-j cemetery, Abydos (probable)
capital	Thinis ⓘ
commemoratedBy	royal annals of early Egypt ⓘ
creditedWith	founding of the First Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ initiating the unified Pharaonic state ⓘ unification of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
culture	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
depictedWearing	Red Crown ⓘ surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt White Crown of Upper Egypt ⓘ
disputedIssues	exact dates of reign ⓘ identity with Menes ⓘ
dynasty	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: First Dynasty of Egypt
era	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ Predynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Proto-dynastic Egypt
fieldOfStudy	Egyptology ⓘ
hasIconicArtifact	cosmetic palette ⓘ
knownFor	early state formation in Egypt ⓘ military campaigns in Lower Egypt ⓘ
knownFromArtifact	Narmer Macehead ⓘ Narmer Palette ⓘ inscriptions at Canaanite sites ⓘ inscriptions at Hierakonpolis ⓘ seal impressions from Abydos ⓘ
languageContext	Egyptian language family ⓘ surface form: Egyptian language
nameInHieroglyphs	nꜥr-mr ⓘ
period	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
possiblyIdenticalTo	Narmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Menes
predecessor	Ka ⓘ Scorpion II ⓘ
regionOfRule	Lower Egypt ⓘ Nile Valley ⓘ Upper Egypt ⓘ
reignEndApprox	c. 3100 BCE ⓘ
reignPeriod	early 31st century BCE ⓘ late 32nd century BCE ⓘ
reignStartApprox	c. 3150 BCE ⓘ
spouse	Neithhotep ⓘ
successor	Hor-Aha ⓘ
symbolizes	political unification of Egypt ⓘ
throneNameType	Horus name ⓘ
title	King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ Lord of the Two Lands ⓘ
writingSystemUsed	Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lower Egypt → unifiedByTradition → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

ancient city of Memphis → foundedBy → Narmer ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)

this entity surface form: Menes

ancient city of Memphis → foundedBy → Narmer ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)

Memphis → foundedBy → Narmer ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

this entity surface form: King Menes

Memphis → foundedBy → Narmer ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

Pharaonic Egypt → unifiedBy → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

Narmer → associatedWith → Narmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

Narmer → possiblyIdenticalTo → Narmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

Early Dynastic Egypt → hasKeyRuler → Narmer ⓘ

Ineb-hedj → linkedToRuler → Narmer ⓘ

White Crown of Upper Egypt → associatedWithTitle → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Upper Egypt

Memphis, Egypt → foundedBy → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

Memphis, Egypt → foundedBy → Narmer ⓘ

Double Crown of Egypt → notableWearer → Narmer ⓘ

nꜥr-mr → refersTo → Narmer ⓘ

nꜥr-mr → usedBy → Narmer ⓘ

nꜥr-mr → linkedTo → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes (possible identification)

nꜥr-mr → hasVariantSpelling → Narmer ⓘ

Ka → possiblePredecessor → Narmer ⓘ

Ka → successor → Narmer ⓘ

Ka → title → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Upper Egypt

Scorpion II → followedBy → Narmer ⓘ

Narmer Palette → depicts → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Narmer

Narmer Palette → associatedWith → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Narmer

Narmer Macehead → namedAfter → Narmer ⓘ

Narmer Macehead → associatedWithRuler → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Narmer

Narmer Macehead → depicts → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Narmer

Neithhotep → spouse → Narmer ⓘ

Neithhotep → possibleSpouse → Narmer ⓘ

Two Lands of Egypt → unifiedBy → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

Hor-Aha → predecessor → Narmer ⓘ

Hor-Aha → father → Narmer ⓘ

Aha → predecessor → Narmer ⓘ

Aha → father → Narmer ⓘ

Aha → oftenIdentifiedWith → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

Aha → disputedIdentification → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

Aha → disputedIdentification → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Narmer (alternative candidate for Menes)

Aha → category → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaohs of the First Dynasty of Egypt

royal tombs at Abydos → associatedWithRuler → Narmer ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal tombs at Abydos

White Walls → isAssociatedWithRuler → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

Abydos King List → includes → Narmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menes

Umm el-Qaab → burialPlaceOf → Narmer ⓘ