Hedju-Hor

Name of Hedju-Hor
Vessel carving of Hor-Hedju
Horus name	Hor-hedju Ḥr. (W) -ḥḏw

Hedju-Hor (aka Hor-hedju ) was a possible predynastic ruler of the 0th Dynasty , who lived around 3200 BC. Ruled. Information on his exact chronological position or the duration of his rule is currently not possible.

supporting documents

Hedju-Hor is only two jars of Tura and one from Abu Zeidan at the northeastern tip of the Nile - Delta occupied, on which his Serech once with, otherwise appears without Horus falcon.

About the name

Toby Wilkinson is unsure about the reading of the name and simply calls him King A , while Jochem Kahl also does not want to commit himself and calls him "King Trio" because of the three identical characters in Serech . Edwin van den Brink associates the name of the imprisoned ruler, who is depicted on the front of the Narmer palette , with the symbol M8 for “Scha” (in transcription : š3 ) in the Gardiner list . However, Wolfgang Helck thinks he can recognize other hieroglyphs and transliterates the name as “wash” ( W3š ). Ludwig D. Morenz reads two club signs and a spear in the middle and interprets the entire arrangement (falcon + serech + three signs) as a pure, pictorial display of royal power.

See also

• List of pharaohs

literature

• Jochem Kahl : Inscriptional Evidence for the Relative Chronology of Dyn. 0-2. In: Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, David A. Warburton (eds.): Ancient Egyptian Chronology (= Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One. The Near and Middle East. Volume 83). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2006, ISBN 90-04-11385-1 , p. 95 ( online ).
• Toby AH Wilkinson : Early Dynastic Egypt - Strategy, Security and Society. Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-415-18633-1 .
• Edwin van den Brink: The Incised Serekh-Signs of Dynasties 0-1, Part I: complete vessels. In: Jeffrey Spencer: Aspects of Early Egypt. British Museum Press, London 1996, ISBN 0-7141-0999-1 .
• Ludwig David Morenz: picture letters and symbolic signs. The development of the script of the high culture of ancient Egypt (= Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 205 ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2004; Academic Press, Friborg 2004, ISBN 3-7278-1486-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Henry Georg Fischer: Varia Aegyptiaca . In: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, No. 2 . Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake 1963, p. 33, fig. 1.
2. ^ Henry Georg Fischer: Varia Aegyptiaca . Winona Lake 1963, p. 44.
3. ^ Toby AH Wilkinson: Early Dynastic Egypt. London 1999 pp. 55-56.
4. ↑ Jochen Kahl: Inscriptional Evidence for the Relative Chronology of Dyn. 0–2. Leiden / Boston 2006, p. 95.
5. ^ Edwin van den Brink: The Incised Serekh-Signs of Dynasties 0-1, Part I: complete vessels. London 1996, p. 86.
6. ↑ Ludwig David Morenz: picture letters and symbolic signs. Friborg 2004, p. 87.

predecessor	Office	successor
unsure	King of Egypt 0th Dynasty	unsure