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Horus Name ^[?]

1. Hr nar
   Horus the catfish ?
2. Hr nar-mr
   Horus the raging catfish ?
3. Hr nar-mr.w
   Horus the raging catfish ?
4. Hr nar-mr TA
   Horus the raging catfish ?
   • The meaning of the added TA is not clear.
5. Hr nar-mr TA.w
   Horus the raging catfish ?
   • The meaning of the added TAw is not clear. Note, however, that it is written outside the serekh.

Kinglists

6. mni
   Menes
   • This name is only known through non-contemporary kinglists. The identification of Horus Narmer with Menes is tentative and still open to some debate.

Manetho

• Africanus: Menes
• Eusebius: Menes
  • The identification of Narme with Manetho's Menes is tentative.

Alternative names in modern-day literature

• Nar-mer, Mer-nar, Horus-Narmer, Hor Narmer, Hor-Narmer, Menes, Ménès, Ménes, Mena, Meni, Ména, Méni