We could not trace this name to a source we trust. The page is the investigation.
Irer
audit verdict
Why this entry exists
This name reached the census from an aggregate list whose only citation for it was a source this reference does not accept — an excluded aggregator, a self-published site, or in one case a student project. Rather than delete the name or describe it as though it were established, the entry records the investigation.
Deleting it would be tidier and less useful: a reader who encounters this name elsewhere deserves to be able to find out what it actually rests on.
What was checked
- 1. Searched every archived source text for the name, including a consonantal-skeleton match to allow for Budge-era vs modern spellings (scripts/lookup.py).
- 2. Checked whether the census's own linked Wikipedia article exists, and what it is actually about.
- 3. Recorded a verdict, the evidence for it, and the check that would settle it.
What was found
Cited only to a personal Weebly site. Wikipedia describes Irer ('sight') as joining Sedjem, Hu, and Sia as creative powers. Hu (authoritative utterance) and Sia (perception) ARE well attested, so a pairing of personified senses is not implausible.
How much weight this carries
Our archived corpus is entirely Budge-era. Absence from it is WEAK evidence for a modern spelling, because the same god may be written quite differently there. Wikipedia is an aggregate list (Tier C). It can establish what a claim IS and how it is classified, but never that a name is attested. No verdict below promotes a name on Wikipedia's authority alone. 'Unsupported' here means 'no support found by these checks', not 'proven fabricated'.
Verdict — plausible, awaiting a primary source
In plain English: Probably genuine, but nobody has yet shown us an ancient text that names it.
Keep open. The company it is placed in is real, which is a point in its favour and not evidence.
What would settle it: Look for the name alongside Hu and Sia in a Pyramid Text or Coffin Text spell.
The record
Nothing. That is the finding.
Sources
[wp-list-egyptian-deities]— English Wikipedia, List of Egyptian deities, retrieved 2026-07-28. Aggregate list; census use only, never sufficient to establish attestation.- Excluded and not cited: the aggregator or self-published page that was this name's only support. See
04-BIBLIOGRAPHY.md. [lgg]— Leitz (ed.), Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen. In copyright and library-only; the reference most likely to settle these questions.
Open questions
- Look for the name alongside Hu and Sia in a Pyramid Text or Coffin Text spell.
- Re-run this audit once the Amduat and Book of Gates guardian rosters are recovered from better scans; several of these names may simply be residents of the underworld books.
Cite this entry
Research grade: ⚠audit — Attestation could not be verified. This entry is the audit.
This entry should not be cited as a description of a deity. It records an unverified name and the state of the investigation into it.
"Irer", The Egyptian God Corpus,
graded audit, retrieved 2026-08-10.