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Qa'a (also Qáa or Ka'a) was the last king of the First dynasty
of Egypt. Qa'a had a fairly large tomb in Abydos which
measures 98.5 X 75.5 feet or 30 X 23 meters.[1] Manetho gives
him a reign of 26 years in his Epitome if this ruler was a
certain Biechenes.[2] A long reign is supported by the large
size of this ruler's burial site at Abydos. A seal impression
bearing Hotepsekhemwy's name was found near the entrance of
the tomb of Qa'a (Tomb Q) by the German Archaeological
Institute in the mid-1990s.[3] This pharaoh's large Abydos
tomb was excavated by German archaeologists in 1993 and proved
to contain 26 satellite (i.e. sacrificial) burials.[2] The
discovery of the seal impression has been interpreted as
evidence that Qa'a was buried, and therefore succeeded, by
Hotepsekhemwy, the founder of the second dynasty of Egypt, as
Manetho states.
The tomb of one of Qa'a's state officials at Saqqara-a certain noblemen named Merka-
contained a stele with many titles. There is a second sed festival attested. This fact
plus the high quality of a number of royal steles depicting the king implies that Qa'a's
reign was a fairly stable and prosperous period of time. Qa'a's name translates as "His
Arm is Raised."[4]
A number of year labels have also been discovered dating to his reign at the First
Dynasty burial site of Umm el-Qa'ab in Abydos. Qa'a is believed to have ruled Egypt
around 2916 B.C.E. A dish inscribed with the name and titles of Qa'a was discovered in
the tomb of Peribsen (Tomb P of Petrie). [5]
Under Qa'a the officials Merka and Sabef had high positions in the palace administration.
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