Narmer

American  

[nahr-mer] / ˈnɑr mər /

noun

1. a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet Narmer Palette, or Palette of Narmer, c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.

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Example Sentences

Often called the Narmer palette, this two-foot-high siltstone Egyptian artifact appears to depict Egypt’s unification, which would place it from around 3150–3000 BCE.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Narmer apparently met his death by, of all things, being carried off by a hippopotamus.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2016

The legendary King Narmer has traditionally been credited with uniting Egypt’s northern half with its southern “to create the world’s first nation state.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2016

More solid evidence points to a king named Narmer.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Other carving full of detail is on the great mace-heads of Narmer and the Scorpion king, where scenes of ceremonials are minutely engraved in relief.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various