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Semerkhet
| Semerkhet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reign | 8½ years, ca. 2920 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Anedjib | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Qa'a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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