Seth-Peribsen

Seth-Peribsen
Seth-Peribsen
Peribsen, Ash-Peribsen
	Stone vase of Seth-Peribsen with the inscription "tribute of the people of Sethroë", National Archaeological Museum (France).
Pharaoh
Reign	length of reign unknown
Predecessor	uncertain; Wadjenes, Senedj, Sekhemib or Nynetjer
Successor	uncertain; Senedj, Sekhemib or Khasekhemwy
Horus name
Horus name
Nomen
Children	Shepset-ipet ?
Burial	Tomb 'P' at Abydos
Dynasty	2nd Dynasty; around 2740 BC

Seth-Peribsen (also known as Ash-Peribsen, Peribsen and Perabsen) is the serekh name of an early Egyptian monarch (pharaoh), who ruled during the Second Dynasty of Egypt (c. 2890 – c. 2686 BC).^[1] His chronological position within this dynasty is unknown and it is disputed who ruled both before and after him. The duration of his reign is also unknown.^[2]

Peribsen's name is unusual, in that Set, not Horus, was his patron deity. This goes against the Egyptian tradition of a king choosing the falcon-shaped deity Horus as his royal patron.

Peribsen's tomb was discovered in 1898 at Abydos. It was well preserved and showed traces of restoration undertaken during later dynastic periods.^[3]

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^ Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3, p. 195.
^ Laurel Bestock: The Early Dynastic Funerary Enclosures of Abydos. In: Archéo-Nil. Vol. 18, 2008, ISSN 1161-0492, p. 42–59.

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[2] Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3, p. 195.

[3] Laurel Bestock: The Early Dynastic Funerary Enclosures of Abydos. In: Archéo-Nil. Vol. 18, 2008, ISSN 1161-0492, p. 42–59.

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