Hat Hor

Hat Hor, also called Hat-Hor (actually Hor-hat), is a possible pharaoh or king of Dynasty 0 who ruled around the Naqada IIIb period.[1]

Not to be confused with Hathor.
Hat Hor
Hat-Hor
Serekh of Hat Hor
Serekh of Hat Hor
Pharaoh
ReignNaqada IIIb
PredecessorNy-Hor
SuccessorIry-Hor?
Royal titulary
DynastyPredynastic Period

He is known only from two inscriptions: one inscription found in the eastern Nile Delta and a piece of pottery from Tura.[2]

  • his name on a vase found in tomb 1702 of the necropolis of Tarkhan.[3] This inscription has an image of a city that looks like Memphis but lacking a hawk identifier. However, the reading and interpretation of his name is not clear.[4]
  • a second inscription from Tura.[5]

See also

References
  1. THE DYNASTY 0.
  2. "Ancient Egypt - Dynasty 0". www.narmer.pl. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  3. W. M. Flinders Petrie: Tarkhan II (= Publications of the Egyptian Research Account and the British School of Archaeology in Egypt. 19th year 1913, Vol. 25, ZDB-ID 991516-3). School of Archaeology in Egypt u. a., London 1914, Taf. XXV, pl. XX, 1; XXX (74b)
  4. Toby A. H. Wilkinson: Early Dynastic Egypt. 1999, S. 54.
  5. Natale Barca, Prima delle piramidi, Ananke, ISBN 978-88-7325-359-4 page 295.
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