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Iry-Hor

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Also known as Horus Mouth, Companion of Horus

Iry-Hor (or Ro; ) was a predynastic king of Upper Egypt during the 32nd century BC. Excavations at Abydos in the 1980s and 1990s and the discovery in 2012 of an inscription of Iry-Hor in Sinai confirmed his existence. Iry-Hor is the earliest ruler of Egypt known by name and is sometimes cited as the earliest-living historical person known by name.

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Iry-Hor was a male pharaoh and sovereign of Ancient Egypt. He was born in Upper Egypt in 3101 BCE and is associated with the Predynastic and Protodynastic Periods. His jurisdiction and work location were Abydos, and he was buried at Umm el-Qa'ab.

Iry-Hor held the noble title of pharaoh and flourished around 3200 BCE. He replaced Double Falcon and Hedj-Hor in his position and was subsequently replaced by Ka. His name in the native language is represented by the hieroglyphs 𓅃𓐰𓂋.

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Key facts

Pharaoh.alt_name
Ro, Ra, Irj-Hor, Iri(-Hor)
Pharaoh.Reign
3170 BCNaqada IIIB2
Pharaoh.Name
Iry-Hor
Pharaoh.Image
Iry Hor name.jpg
Pharaoh.Horus
Iry-Horr-ḤrCompanion of HorusG5:r or G5:r:H_SPACE*r
Pharaoh.Dynasty
Dynasty 0
Pharaoh.predecessor
Double Falcon? Crocodile? Hat-Hor?
Pharaoh.successor
Ka?
Pharaoh.Caption
Signs r-Ḥr inscribed on a large vessel from the tomb of Iry-Hor, Ashmolean Museum
Pharaoh.Burial
Chambers B1 and B2, Umm el-Qa'ab, Egypt

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  • Name
  • Identity
  • Controversy regarding his social status
  • Resolution
  • Reign and attestations
  • Tomb
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Iry-Hor (or Ro; ) was a predynastic king of Upper Egypt during the 32nd century BC. Excavations at Abydos in the 1980s and 1990s and the discovery in 2012 of an inscription of Iry-Hor in Sinai confirmed his existence. Iry-Hor is the earliest ruler of Egypt known by name and is sometimes cited as the earliest-living historical person known by name.

==Name == Iry-Hor's name is written with the Horus falcon hieroglyph (Gardiner sign G5) above a mouth hieroglyph (Gardiner D21). While the modern reading of the name is "Iry-Hor", Flinders Petrie, who discovered and excavated Iry-Hor's tomb at the end of the 19th century, read it "Ro", which was the usual reading of the mouth hieroglyph at the time. Alternatively, Ro can be rendered as Ra.

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