Unas c. 2375–2345 BC
The last king of the 5th Dynasty. His small pyramid at Saqqara is the first with the Pyramid Texts, spells to help the king in the afterlife, carved on its inner walls.
Birth name: Unas
wnis
Sign by sign
- Hare E34wn To be, to exist.
- Ripple of water N35n The sound n; also means 'of, to'.
- Flowering reed M17i The sound i.
- Door bolt O34z The sound z (later s).
Names of gods (Ra, Amun, Ptah) are written first out of respect, even when they are read later. Dates are approximate; we follow Ian Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (2000).