Inscription Detail
0547 (Partial Narmer(?) serekh from En Besor)
Source No: 0547
Date: Narmer(?)
Dated by: royal name
Type: inscription on vessel
Material: pottery
Region: Canaan
Site: En Besor
Locality:
Depository:
Registration No.
References
Discussion
Figure/Plate
Schulman, 1976
pp. 25-26
p. 25, fig. 2; pl. I.7
Mittmann, 1981
pp. 6-8
p. 6, fig. 3
Kaiser, 1982
pp. 262-264, pp. 266-267, fig. 15.42
p. 263, fig. 14.42
Helck, 1987
p. 130
Quack, 1989
pp. 18-19, p. 26
p. 19, fig. 1
Schulman, 1992
p. 410, n.12
Kahl, 1994
p. 208
van den Brink, 2001
pp. 68-69; p. 89, no. 80
p. 69, fig. 80
Jiménez-Serrano, 2003
p. 106 (4D-ENB1)
Raffaele, 2003
p. 109
Edwin van den Brink, personal communication, 2015
J.-P. Pätznick, personal communication, 2017
Regulski, Database of Early Dynastic Inscriptions
Schulman, 1976, p. 25, fig. 2
Schulman, 1976, pl. I.7
The Narmer Catalog
Inscription Detail
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Comments: Raffaele 2003 interprets this inscription as belonging to Narmer. According to van den Brink (personal communication 2015), "I personally doubt that the En Besor fragment actually belongs to a Narmer serekh; it is exceptionally diminutive, and, in any case incised (scratched would be the more correct word) post-firing of the vessel." Jiménez-Serrano suggests it is Narmer or Qaa. Schulman (1976) attributes it to Den, while Schulman (1992) attributes it to Den or Iry-Hor. Mittmann 1981, Helck 1987, Quack 1989, Kahl 1994, and Regulski attribute it to Aha. Van den Brink 2001 attributes it to “Aha (?)”. Kaiser and 1982 include this inscription in Horizon B (Iri-Hor-Narmer) but classify the name as "??". According to Pätznick (personal communication, 2017), this is certainly not Narmer and could instead be read grg.t.
Images
Schulman, 1976, p. 25, fig. 2
Schulman, 1976, pl. I.7
Comments
Raffaele 2003 interprets this inscription as belonging to Narmer.
According to van den Brink (personal communication 2015), "I personally doubt that the En Besor fragment actually belongs to a Narmer serekh; it is exceptionally diminutive, and, in any case incised (scratched would be the more correct word) post-firing of the vessel."
Jiménez-Serrano suggests it is Narmer or Qaa.
Schulman (1976) attributes it to Den, while Schulman (1992) attributes it to Den or Iry-Hor.
Mittmann 1981, Helck 1987, Quack 1989, Kahl 1994, and Regulski attribute it to Aha.
Van den Brink 2001 attributes it to “Aha (?)”.
Kaiser and 1982 include this inscription in Horizon B (Iri-Hor-Narmer) but classify the name as "??".
According to Pätznick (personal communication, 2017), this is certainly not Narmer and could instead be read grg.t.