Merikara in hieroglyphs

Throne names

Announced at the coronation and always written in a cartouche. The “official” name of the pharaoh. Also known as the Prenomen.

Throne name

Mery ka Ra

mri-kꜢ-rꜤ

The beloved one of the ka of Ra

N5:U7-M17-M17-D28

Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, XIII, 430
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 74-75, f:T1

Throne name variant

Mery ka Ra

mri-kꜢ-rꜤ

The beloved one of the ka of Ra

N5-D28-U6-M17-M17

Griffith, The inscriptions of Siut and Der Rifeh. plate 13
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, II, 150g
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 74-75, f:T2

Throne name variant

Mery ka Ra

mri-kꜢ-rꜤ

The beloved one of the ka of Ra

N5-U6-D28

Coffin of Teti-sa-Sobek ( Berlin ÄM 7796)
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 74-75, f:T3

Throne name variant

Mery ka Ra

mri-kꜢ-rꜤ

The beloved one of the ka of Ra

N5-U7:D21-M17-M17-Z7-A2-D28-Z1

Papyrus Petersburg 1116 A verso
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 74-75, f:T4