Nerikara in hieroglyphs

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

Throne name

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

Throne name

Neri ka Ra

nri-kꜢ-rꜤ

The feared one is the (very) ka of Ra

ra:n-G14-r:kA

Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, II, 150f
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 106-107, r:T

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