Iry-Hor
Sign in to saveIry-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.
Person
- Born
- 3101-01-01
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 3101 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Egypt
- Place of birth
- Upper Egypt
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- pharaoh
- Noble title
- pharaoh
- Image
- Iry Hor name.jpg
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Article
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- Name
- Identity
- Controversy regarding his social status
- Resolution
- Reign and attestations
- Tomb
- See also
- References
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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.