Raneb in Wikipedia
Raneb was a king during the Second dynasty of Egypt. The
Egyptian priest Manetho, calls Raneb Kaiechos and states that
he ruled Egypt for 39 years but such a high figure is not
confirmed from the few contemporary objects known from his
reign. The king lists call him Kakau. Some scholars also read
his serekh as Nebre, reversing the hieroglyphs. Manetho also
claims that he introduced the worship of the sacred goat
Mendes.[1]
His name actually came from the name of the god Ra, also
sometimes written Re, thus giving his name a meaning 'The Son
of Ra'. His name Raneb translates as "Ra is the Lord."[2]
Family
Raneb was a son or brother of Hotepsekhemwy. Hotepsekhemwy's son was Perneb, who was
either a nephew or brother of Raneb[3]. It's possible that Raneb's son was Nynetjer.
Identification of Raneb with Weneg
The Egyptologist Jochem Kahl has recently concluded that a mysterious king Weneg,
Wadjnes or Tlas in the kinglists was actually the Nebty name of Raneb.[4]
Weneg is attested solely by inscriptions on stone vessels found in the Step Pyramid
of Djoser and in Tomb S 3014.[5] Weneg's exact chronological position, as well the
identification of his Horus name among those known for the second dynasty kings has
remained a mystery.[6] But as Jochem Kahl observes regarding an inscription on a
fragment of a stone bowl:
"A long-known inscription from Tomb P at Umm el-Qaab (Doc. 22) provides the key to
solving some of the problems associated with Weneg. In the inscription the nsw bjt
nb.tj name Nynetjer faces the opposite direction from the name of Ra'-neb and that of
his palace (Fig. II. 2.1) Ra-neb's name is partially erased. Scrutiny of the
inscription reveals that the name Nynetjer is written over Weneg. Traces of the plant
sign used to write Weneg are discernible, as are the enigmatic strokes to the upper
left and right of it (Fig. II 2.2) Thus Nynetjer must have been Weneg's successor,
and the original inscription referred to the palace of Horus Ra'-neb and to nsw bjt
nb.tj Weneg."[7]
Therefore, Kahl concludes that the Horus name of Weneg must be king Raneb, the second
ruler of the Second Dynasty of Egypt who was succeeded on the throne by Nynetjer.[8]
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