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| Statue of Hotepdief bearing the names of the first three kings of the 2nd Dynasty. |
- 1- HOTEPSEKHEMWY
Reign:25–29 years
Tomb: edit The location of Hotepsekhemwy's tomb is unknown. Egyptologists such as Flinders Petrie, Alessandro Barsanti and Toby Wilkinson believe it could be the giant underground Gallery Tomb A beneath the funeral passage of the Unas-necropolis at Saqqara
Horus Name : ( Hr Htp sxm.wj ) Horus, the two powers are at peace
Nebti Name : ( Htp nb.tj ) The Two Ladies are at peace
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| Entrance to the tomb of Hotepsekhemwi at Saqqara |
- 2- NEBRE
Reign:10–14 years
Tomb: The location of Nebra's tomb is unknown. Egyptologists such as Wolfgang Helck and Peter Munro believe that Nebra was buried in the gallery tomb B beneath the causeway of the Pyramid of Unas at Saqqara.
Tomb stela of Nebra, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Art: Stone bowl inscription bearing Nebra and Hotepsekhemwy serekhs before the goddess Bastet
-Cartouche name of Nebra in the Abydos King List, read as k3 k3w(kakau)
Horus Name : ( Hr nb ra ) Horus Nebre
Tomb Stela of Nebra
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| Tomb Stela of Nebra |
- 3- NyNETJER
Reign:43-45 years
Art: Fragment of a diorite vase mentioning Nynetjer and the goddess of the Delta, Bastet.
Tomb: The unusually large mastaba tomb of the high official Ruaben (or Ni-Ruab), mastaba S2302, Nynetjer's tomb, Gallery Tomb B.
Horus Name :( Hr n(j) nTr ) Horus, the one who belongs to the god
Nebti Name : ( nb.tj n(j) nTrb ) The Two Ladies, the one who belongs to the god
Golden Name: ( rn nwb ) Golden of name
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| Small statue of Nynetjer wearing ceremonial clothes of the sed festival. Currently held at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden at Leiden (Netherlands) wikipedia |
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| Map of Ninetjer’s tomb at Saqqara. |
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| Diorite vases of Nynetjer |
- 4- PERIBSEN
Reign: length of reign unknown
Art: Peribsen, Ash-Peribsen Stone vase of Seth-Peribsen with the inscription "tribute of the people of Sethroë",
Tomb: Peribsen was buried in the tomb P of the royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa'ab near Abydos
Peribsen's funerary enclosure at Abydos, in the background the Great Enclosure of king Khasekhemwy is visible
Mehen game board from Peribsen's tomb in Abydos, on display at the Louvre.
Seth Name:
This title is a variant of the Horus Name. It was only used by Peribsen.
( stX pr ib=sn ) Seth who has come forth (from) their heart
Nebti Name: ( nb.tj pr ib=sn ) The Two Ladies, the one who has come forth (from) their heart
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| Clay seal with the names of Peribsen and one of his seal-bearers. |
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| titulary of seth Peribsen |
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| Tomb P of Peribsen |
- 5- Khasekhemwy
Reign:18 years ca. 2690 BC
Tomb: Tomb V at Umm el-Qa'ab
Art: Turin King List
Beb(e)ty
Bbtj, Khasekhemwy Nebwkhetsen
Nb.tj-ḫꜥj-sḫm.wj-nbw-ḫt-sn
The two powers appear, their bodies are of gold
- Horus Name
Horus-Seth Name
This name is a variation on the Horus Name. It combines the traditional Horus Name, with the Seth Name that was used by Seth Peribsen.
( Hr-stX xa sxm.wj nTr.wj Htp im=f )- Nebti Name
The Two Ladies, the two powers have appeared, the two gods are at peace in him
The Two Ladies, their bodies are golden
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| Great Enclosure at Saqqara |
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| Shunet ez-Zebib is the modern, Arabic name of a large mudbrick structure built during the reign of Khasekhemwi in the desert of Abydos, to the north of the Early Dynastic royal cemetery of Umm el-Qa’ab |
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| Statue of Khasekhemwy. Egyptian Museum in Cairo |
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