Mekh

Mekh in hieroglyphs
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Mekh
Mekh
	Closeup of the Palermo Stone. Mekh is the no. 8
Pharaoh
Reign	Unknown (Predynastic Period)
Predecessor	Wazner?
	Royal titulary

Mekh is mentioned in the Palermo Stone as a Predynastic Egyptian king who ruled in Lower Egypt. As there is no other evidence of such a ruler, he may be a mythical king preserved through oral tradition,[1] or may even be completely fictitious.[2][3]

References

Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18
O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208
Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt. p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-7103-0667-9.

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[1] Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18

[2] O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208

[3] Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt. p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-7103-0667-9.