Ruler
King Scorpion
A late Predynastic ruler
c. 3150 BCE
Biography
Known chiefly from the macehead in the Ashmolean Museum. More than one ruler may have been associated with the scorpion sign.
About the evidence
What we know rests on very few objects.
Key facts
Certainty: Debated
King Scorpion’s identity, date and relationship to Narmer are unresolved.
Scholarly note: The evidence is a handful of objects, and the scorpion sign may not be a personal name in every case.
- Toby A. H. Wilkinson (1999) “Early Dynastic Egypt” Routledge