Necho I in hieroglyphs

first pharaoh of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
Also known as: Nekao I
Accession672 BC
End of reign664 BC
Duration8 years

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

mn-xpr-ra
Men kheper Ra
mn-ḫpr-rꜤ
"The established one of the manifestation of Ra"
Petrie, Scarabs and cylinders with names, LIV, (25.5.1)
Beckerath, Handbuch: 212-213, f:T
nkAw
Nekau
nkꜢw
"Who belongs to the kas"
Petrie, Scarabs and cylinders with names, LIV, (25.5.1)
Beckerath, Handbuch: 212-213, f:E

Sources of antiquity

AuthorGreekTranscriptionReign
Eusebius xxvi, 4ΝεχαωNechao8 years
Herodotus 152.1ΝεκωνNecon

References