Stone vase bearing Hotepsekhemwy's serekh, National Archaeological Museum (France).
Pharaoh
Reign
25–29 years
Predecessor
uncertain; Qa'a or Sneferka or Horus Bird
Successor
Raneb
Royal titulary
Horus name
Hor-Hotepsekhemwy Hr.-htp-sxm.wj Horus, reconciliation of the two powers
Nebty name
Sehotep-Nebty S.htp-nbt.j He who pacifies the Two Ladies
Abydos King List Bedjau Bḏ3.w The smelter[1]
Saqqara King List Netjerbau Nṯr-b3.w Divine of Bas
Turin Canon ...Bau-hetepju ...b3.w-htp.w ...Bas are satisfied[2]
Giza Writing Board (6th dynasty) Bedjatau Bḏ3-t3.w The smelter[1][3]
Nomen
Nisut-bitj-Nebty-Hotep Nsw.t-btj-nbt.j-htp King of Upper- and Lower Egypt, he of the Two Ladies, the satisfied
Children
Perneb and Raneb ?
Burial
Gallery Tomb A, Saqqara (?)
Dynasty
2nd Dynasty; starting c. 2890 BC.
Hotepsekhemwy is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who was the founder of the Second Dynasty of Egypt. The exact length of his reign is not known; the Turin canon suggests an improbable 95 years[4] while the ancient Egyptian historian Manetho reports that the reign of "Boëthôs" lasted for 38 years.[5] Egyptologists consider both statements to be misinterpretations or exaggerations. They credit Hotepsekhemwy with either a 25- or a 29-year rule.[6]
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^Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin. Reissued. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3, vol. 1
^Edward Brovarski: Two old writing boards from Giza. In: Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte. vol. 71, 1987, ISSN 1687-1510, p. 27–52, issue 1, Online (PDF; 11 MB).
^Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin. Griffith Institute of Oxford, Oxford (UK) 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3; page 15 & Table I.
^William Gillian Waddell: Manetho (The Loeb Classical Library, Volume 350). Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 2004 (Reprint), ISBN 0-674-99385-3, page 37–41.
^Dietrich Wildung: Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im Bewusstsein ihrer Nachwelt. Teil 1: Posthume Quellen über die Könige der ersten vier Dynastien; Münchener Ägyptologische Studien, Volume 17. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/Berlin, 1969. page 31-33.
Hotepsekhemwy is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who was the founder of the Second Dynasty of Egypt. The exact length of his reign is not known;...
reconciled". Hotep also appears as part of ancient Egyptian names, such as Hotepsekhemwy (ḥr ḥtp-sḫm.wj "the two powers are at peace"), the first ruler of Egypt's...
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comprising underground galleries, date to the early Second Dynasty reigns of Hotepsekhemwy, Raneb and Nynetjer. This is followed by a hiatus, with Seth-Peribsen...
"chasm opened near Bubastis and many perished" during the reign of Hotepsekhemwy in the Second Dynasty. In the Middle Kingdom, Tell Basta was the site...
period (Susa III) (3100–2700 BCE) 2900 BCE Second Dynasty of Egypt Hotepsekhemwy Nebra/Raneb Nynetjer Ba Nubnefer Horus Sa Weneg-Nebty Wadjenes Senedj...
period (Susa III) (3100–2700 BCE) 2900 BCE Second Dynasty of Egypt Hotepsekhemwy Nebra/Raneb Nynetjer Ba Nubnefer Horus Sa Weneg-Nebty Wadjenes Senedj...
National Museum, Copenhagen. c. 2890 BC: Second Dynasty of Egypt, reign of Hotepsekhemwy. Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC). Semitic tribes...
century BC Hotepibre Siharnedjheritef was likely a son of Ameny Qemau. Hotepsekhemwy Pharaoh 2nd dynasty fl. c. 29th century BC First king of the 2nd dynasty...
period (Susa III) (3100–2700 BCE) 2900 BCE Second Dynasty of Egypt Hotepsekhemwy Nebra/Raneb Nynetjer Ba Nubnefer Horus Sa Weneg-Nebty Wadjenes Senedj...
period (Susa III) (3100–2700 BCE) 2900 BCE Second Dynasty of Egypt Hotepsekhemwy Nebra/Raneb Nynetjer Ba Nubnefer Horus Sa Weneg-Nebty Wadjenes Senedj...
period (Susa III) (3100–2700 BCE) 2900 BCE Second Dynasty of Egypt Hotepsekhemwy Nebra/Raneb Nynetjer Ba Nubnefer Horus Sa Weneg-Nebty Wadjenes Senedj...
period (Susa III) (3100–2700 BCE) 2900 BCE Second Dynasty of Egypt Hotepsekhemwy Nebra/Raneb Nynetjer Ba Nubnefer Horus Sa Weneg-Nebty Wadjenes Senedj...
right shoulder: Hotepsekhemwy, Raneb then Nynetjer. Further archaeological evidences support this theory, notably stone bowls of Hotepsekhemwy and Raneb reinscribed...
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