Tombs at Abydos
(Umm
el Qaab)
Dynasty 0
Tomb B1 and B2 King Iry-Hor
Possibly a king dated before the first dynasty. Some Egyptologists
dispute
the existence of this King.
Tomb B7 and B9 King Ka or Sekhen
The reading of the name is uncertain.
Tomb B17/B18 Narmer?
A cylindrical seal impression with the Horus name of Narmer was found.
See comments under B10 below.
Tomb Uj Scorpion
Dynasty 1
Tomb B10 Narmer?
Wife: Possibly Neithhotep (I) She’s known
from
the royal tomb at Naqada and an ivory lid from the tomb of Djer.
University College Londen website groups
tombs
B10 with B14 and B19 and attributes all of them to King Hor-Aha. Narmer
is
considered Dynasty 0 by some while considered Dynasty 1 by other
egyptologists
Tomb B19 Hor-Aha
Parents: Hor-Aha was the son of Queen
Neithhotep
(I), his father may have been Narmer.
Wives: Berenib the possible owner of B14 and
possibly
Khenthap the mother of Djer according to the Cairo Annals Stone.
“Thirty four small pit graves were found at
Aha's
complex, containing the remains of mostly young men aged about 25. All
were
royal courtiers whose services would be required by the king in his
afterlife
in the Hereafter.” [quote from A]
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostombhoraha.html
Tomb B14 Queen Berenib?
Her name is written alongside that of Hor-Aha
which
leads people to believe she was his wife.
Tomb O Itit Djer
Parents: Most likely Hor-Aha and Queen
Khenthap
Wives: Herneith the possible owner of tomb
3507
in Saqqara and Nakhtneith who is mentioned on a Stela in Djer’s
funerary
complex.
“King Djer had some 318 attendant graves, 76
belonging
to females, 11 to males and 2 to dwarfs. According to Mark Lehner these
"were
probably service staff, priests and entertainers, and not high
officials".
It is highly unlikely that the attendants were interred one at a time
after
their deaths, and it is reasonable to assume that they practiced some
form
of ritual suicide. All the graves, including that of the king himself,
came
under one roof.” [quote from A]
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostombo.html
Tomb Y Queen Meryetneith
Mother of King Den. The tomb and the stela
are
like those used for kings, but her name is written without a serekh.
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostomby.html
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydosforts2.html
Tomb Z Iti Djet (Wadj)
Possibly a son of Djer.
Wife: Possibly Queen Meryetneith.
Around the main tomb are placed smaller tombs
of
servants and other people belonging to the royal court. Stelas were
found
belonging to a lady called Ahaneit, a person called Wedjka, and a
person
called Ka-hotep. [from B]
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostombz.html
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydosfortdjet.html
Tomb T Semti Den
Son of Queen Meryetneith, and possible son of
king
Djet.
Wives: Seshemetka, Semat and Serethor. These
queens
are mentioned on stela found in graves in Den’s funerary complex.
Another Queen mentioned on a stela is
Qaineit.
It is possible she’s also a wife of Den. The reading of the stela is
difficult,
but it may read: “provider of Horus, captive of (king) Semty,
Qai-Neit”.
Hence she could also be a captive of war? A wife from a diplomatic
marriage?
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostombt.html
Tomb X Merpibia Adjib (Anedjib)
Possibly a son of Den and Queen Seshemetka.
Wife: possibly Batirytes who is known to be
the
mother of the next king, Semerkhet.
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostombx.html
Tomb U Irinetjer Semerkhet (Mersekha)
Son of Queen Batirytes and possibly of King
Adjib.
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostombu.html
Tomb Q Qebh Qaa
Last king of the first dynasty. Relation to
the
other kings is not known
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostombq.html
Dynasty 2
Tomb P Peribsen (Horus Sekhemib
–
Seth Peribsen)
The tomb also contains seal impressions of
King
Sekhemib.
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostombp.html
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ4078
Tomb V Nebwyhetepimyef Khasekhem(wy)
Wife: Queen Nymaathap (I).
Khasekhemwy and Queen Nymaathap are the
parents
of King Netjerykhet Djoser, who is considered the founder of the third
dynasty.
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/abydostombv.html
Old Kingdom
Djau Dyn 6 Time of of Pepi I
– Pepi II
Brother-in-law of Pepi I; Vizier and uncle of
Pepi II and Merenre I.
A stela gives his titles as: The real
hereditary
prince, count, governor of the pyramid city, chief justice and vizier,
overseer
of the king’s records, propet of the gods of Buto, prophet of the gods
of
Nekhen, chief ritual priest, sem-priest and master of all wardrobes,
wearer
of the royal seal, judge.
Son of Khui and Nebet. Brother of Queen
Ankhnes-Merire
I and Queen Ankhnes-Merire II
Nehty usurped from Idi
Prince, mayor, sole companion, and chief
priest.
Idi was lector priest, royal treasurer,
nomarch
and governor of Upper Egypt.
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/research/Publications/spring2000/abydos.html
Weni also called Nefer Nekhet Mery-Ra,
Dyn. 6. Time of Pepi I and Merenre
Governor of Upper Egypt, Chief judge and
Vizier.
Father: Iuu, Vizier.
Some of this information was discovered in a
recent
(2000) excavation by the University of Michigan.
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/research/Publications/spring2000/abydos.html
http://members.tripod.com/~ib205/weni.html
New Kingdom
Wennefer Dyn. 19 Time of
Ramses
II
He was the son of the high priest of Osiris
Mery
and of a woman called Maiany. The son of Wennefer named Hori also
became
high priest of Osiris.
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/nk/wennefer.html
[A] http://www.egyptologyonline.com/religion_and_tomb_development.htm
[B] http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/abydos/index.html