Iry-Hor
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Iry-Hor was a predynastic Egyptian ruler of Upper Egypt, considered one of the earliest known kings preceding the First Dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iry-Hor canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5765127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iry-Hor Context triple: [Ka, predecessor, Iry-Hor]
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A.
Peribsen
Peribsen was an early Egyptian pharaoh of the Second Dynasty notable for replacing the traditional Horus name with that of the god Seth, reflecting a significant religious and political shift.
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B.
Setnakhte
Setnakhte was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twentieth Dynasty, known for restoring stability after the turbulent late Nineteenth Dynasty.
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C.
Sekhemti
Sekhemti is the ancient Egyptian Double Crown symbolizing the unified rule over Upper and Lower Egypt.
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D.
Tefnakht
Tefnakht was a Libyan-origin ruler and founder of Egypt’s 24th Dynasty, known for leading a coalition of Delta chiefs against the Nubian king Piye during the Third Intermediate Period.
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E.
Narmer
Narmer was an early ancient Egyptian king, often identified with Menes, who is traditionally credited with founding the First Dynasty and initiating the unified Pharaonic state.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iry-Hor Target entity description: Iry-Hor was a predynastic Egyptian ruler of Upper Egypt, considered one of the earliest known kings preceding the First Dynasty.
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A.
Peribsen
Peribsen was an early Egyptian pharaoh of the Second Dynasty notable for replacing the traditional Horus name with that of the god Seth, reflecting a significant religious and political shift.
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B.
Setnakhte
Setnakhte was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twentieth Dynasty, known for restoring stability after the turbulent late Nineteenth Dynasty.
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C.
Sekhemti
Sekhemti is the ancient Egyptian Double Crown symbolizing the unified rule over Upper and Lower Egypt.
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D.
Tefnakht
Tefnakht was a Libyan-origin ruler and founder of Egypt’s 24th Dynasty, known for leading a coalition of Delta chiefs against the Nubian king Piye during the Third Intermediate Period.
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E.
Narmer
Narmer was an early ancient Egyptian king, often identified with Menes, who is traditionally credited with founding the First Dynasty and initiating the unified Pharaonic state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian king
ⓘ
human ⓘ predynastic Egyptian ruler ⓘ |
| associatedWith | unification process of Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| attestedOn |
jar inscriptions
ⓘ
pottery fragments ⓘ seal impressions ⓘ |
| burialCemetery | Cemetery U ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Umm el-Qaab ⓘ |
| category |
People of the 4th millennium BC
ⓘ
Predynastic Egyptian kings ⓘ |
| century |
31st century BC
ⓘ
32nd century BC ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| culture | Ancient Egyptian culture ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Flinders Petrie ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | late 19th century ⓘ |
| discoverySite |
Umm el-Qaab, Abydos
ⓘ
linked to:
Abydos archaeological zone
|
| evidenceType |
archaeological evidence
ⓘ
epigraphic evidence ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | earliest historically attested Egyptian ruler (disputed) ⓘ |
| historicity | generally accepted but debated ⓘ |
| language | Early Egyptian language ⓘ |
| locatedInThePresentDay | Egypt ⓘ |
| mainArchaeologicalSite |
Abydos, Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Abydos archaeological zone
|
| nameElement |
Horus falcon
ⓘ
linked to:
Horus
hieroglyph for "mouth" (r) ⓘ |
| nameReading |
Iry-Hor
ⓘ
Ro ⓘ |
| nameType | Horus name ⓘ |
| nameWrittenAs | Falcon over mouth-sign ⓘ |
| possibleCapital | Abydos ⓘ |
| precededBy | mythical or semi-legendary rulers ⓘ |
| precedes |
First Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Early Dynastic Egypt
|
| predecessor |
Scorpion II (possible)
ⓘ
linked to:
Scorpion II
|
| regionRuled | Thinite region ⓘ |
| reignIn | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| successor | Ka (Egyptian king) ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Naqada III period
ⓘ
Predynastic Egypt ⓘ |
| tomb |
Tomb U-j (disputed attribution)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tomb U-j
Tomb U-s ⓘ |
| tombLocation | Abydos ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | early hieroglyphic notation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Iry-Hor Description of subject: Iry-Hor was a predynastic Egyptian ruler of Upper Egypt, considered one of the earliest known kings preceding the First Dynasty.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.