Semerkhet

Semerkhet
Semerkhet
Semempses, Mempses
	Alabaster vase of Semerkhet, the inscription reads King Iry-Nebty visits the house-of-the-pleased-king, oil jars for it, National Archaeological Museum (France)
Pharaoh
Reign	8½ years, ca. 2920 BC
Predecessor	Anedjib
Successor	Qa'a
Horus name
Horus name
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Father	Anedjib ? Den ?
Mother	Betrest
Burial	Tomb U, Umm el-Qa'ab
Dynasty	First Dynasty

Semerkhet is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the First Dynasty. This ruler became known through a tragic legend handed down by the historian Manetho, who reported that a calamity of some sort occurred during Semerkhet's reign. The archaeological records seem to support the view that Semerkhet had a difficult time as king and some early archaeologists questioned the legitimacy of Semerkhet's succession to the Egyptian throne.

^ ^a ^b Nicolas Grimal, Ian Shaw (translator): A History of Ancient Egypt, 1992, Oxford: Blackwell publishing, ISBN 978-0-63-119396-8, p. 54

[grimal-1] Nicolas Grimal, Ian Shaw (translator): A History of Ancient Egypt, 1992, Oxford: Blackwell publishing, ISBN 978-0-63-119396-8, p. 54

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