nꜥr-mr
Egyptian
Etymology
nꜥr (“catfish”) + mr (“to be painful, stinging, harsh, fierce”), thus literally ‘The Painful/Stinging/Harsh/Fierce Catfish’.
The name nꜥr-mr inside a serekh, as it appears on the Narmer Palette.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɑːr mɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: nar-mer
Proper noun
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- A serekh name notably borne by Narmer, the first pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Egypt, considered the founder of a unified Egypt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nꜥr-mr
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References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, § 5, page 7
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013), Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 22
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, page 170