Iry-Hor
| Iry-Hor | ||||||||||
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| Ro, Irj-Hor, Iri(-Hor) | ||||||||||
Signs r-Ḥr inscribed on a large vessel from the tomb of Iry-Hor, Ashmolean Museum | ||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||
| Reign | c. 3170 BC Naqada IIIB2 | |||||||||
| Predecessor | Double Falcon? Crocodile? Hat-Hor? | |||||||||
| Successor | Ka? | |||||||||
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| Burial | Chambers B1 and B2, Umm el-Qa'ab, Egypt | |||||||||
| Dynasty | Dynasty 0 | |||||||||
Iry-Hor (or Ro; fl. c. 3170 BC) was a predynastic pharaoh of Upper Egypt during the 32nd century BC. Excavations at Abydos in the 1980s and 1990s and the discovery in 2012 of an inscription of Iry-Hor in Sinai confirmed his existence. Iry-Hor is the earliest ruler of Egypt known by name and is sometimes cited as the earliest-living historical person known by name.