Seth-Peribsen in Wikipedia
Seth-Peribsen was a king during the Second dynasty of Egypt
who ruled for seventeen years. He is considered to be the
predecessor of Khasekhemwy and was buried in Umm el-Qa'ab in
Abydos, where a seal impression contains the first full
sentence written in hieroglyphs.[1]
His burial stelae (one of which is on display in the British
Museum) show a Seth-creature rather than the more common
Horus, and this might reveal that the king did not rule over
the whole area of Egypt.
Seth-Peribsen and Sekhemib
There is considerable academic debate as to whether Peribsen was succeeded by Sekhemib-
Perenmaat, or whether these two individuals are in fact the same person, being referred to
by different names (this may well example the presence of the Seth-creature on his Serekh).
As Jochem Kahl states in the most recent (2006) publication on Egyptian chronology:
"It is not clear whether the next two [kings] names--Horus Sekhem-ib and Seth Per-ibsen--
belonged to a single ruler or to two different kings. Peribsen certainly claimed to rule
over all of Egypt, but the sources do not confirm this. Contemporaneous evidence for Seth
Peribsen is restricted to UE (Upper Egypt) between Elephantine and Beit Khallaf, just north
of Abydos, except for his funerary cult in association with nwsw bjt Sened at Saqqara."[2]
In contrast, Sekhemib "is attested at Abydos and Saqqara" and seal impressions mentioning
Sekhemib have been found in the tomb of Peribsen "while at Saqqara, stone vessels with
Sekhemib's name were found in the Step Pyramid.[3] Kahl notes that this does not prove that
Sekhemib "exercise influence in the Memphite region, since these vessels could have been
brought to Saqqara from Abydos after Sekhemib's death."[3]
Kahl mentions three current or older theories concerning the relationship between these two
kings: a) Sekhemib and Seth-Peribsen were either names borne simultaneously by a single
ruler[4], b) Horus Sekhemib was merely the older name of Seth Peribsen[5] or c) Horus
Sekhemib buried Seth-Peribsen and was thus his successor.[6] Due to the absence of
conclusive evidence, Kahl notes that "at present there is no compelling argument favouring
one alternative over the others. - Wikipedia
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