Narmer, King of Egypt, active approximately 3100 B.C

LC control no.	n 92057273
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Narmer, King of Egypt, active approximately 3100 B.C. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Narmer, King of Egypt, fl. ca. 3100 B.C.
See also	Menes, King of Egypt, active approximately 3100 B.C. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	-3099~
Found in	Viola, T. Il profilo della tavolozza di Narmer, 1987: p. 4-5 (one of the first rulers of united Egypt, 1st dynasty, ca. 3000 B.C.) Encyc. Brit., 15th ed. (Menes, fl. ca. 3100 B.C., 1st king of united Egypt, according to Manetho, 3rd cent. B.C. Egyptian historian; modern scholars have identified the traditional Menes with one or more of the archaic Egyptian kings bearing the names Scorpion, Narmer, Aha; monuments of Narmer and Aha found at Abydos; Narmer named on a slate palette; the traditional name Menes may represent several kings over whose reigns unity achieved) Encyc. Amer., 1990: v. 10, p. 21 (Menes (Narmer), ruler who united Egypt; conquest shown on famous Narmer palette) p. 33 (chron. table: Manes (Narmer) r. 3110-3056 B.C.) Acad. Amer. encyc. (Manes, king of Eygpt, fl. ca. 3100 B.C., traditionally 1st king of 1st dynasty, who united Upper and Lower Egypt; some historians identify him as King Narmer, or as a combination of several kings)