The sequence śmrw ˤpr (as in Ḫwfw śmrw ˤpr ) is found with the names of several different kings, in contexts otherwise strongly associated with these kings, which defeats the (entirely groundless) suggestion that the ˤprw names are abitrarily posterior to the reigns of the kings named within them. On the contrary, all evidence is that Ḫwfw śmrw ˤpr was used only in the reign of Khufu, Mnk3wrˁ śmrw ˤpr only in the reign of Menkaure etc.

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