King Den (Semty)
King of the First Dynasty. His tomb at Abydos is the first with a stepped entrance.
In his reign there appear to be significant developments in the use and systematicity
of writing.
Attestations:
- Tomb T in Abydos
(the tomb of the king)
- Inscriptions and seal impressions from tomb 3035 in Saqqara (Emery
1938: 62-64)
- Seal impressions from tomb 3036 (owner perhaps an official named Ankhka)
in Saqqara (Emery 1949: 75)
- Seal impressions from tomb 3038 in Saqqara (Emery
1949: 82)
- Inscriptions from tomb 3504 in Saqqara (Emery
1954: 102, 119-20)
- Seal impressions from tomb 3506 in Saqqara (Emery
1958: pl. 69, 78-79)
- Seal impressions and inscriptions from tomb 3507 in Saqqara (Emery
1958: pl. 105-107)
- Seal impressions from tomb X in Saqqara (Emery
1949: 109)
- Ink inscription on a jar and seal impression from a cemetery of lower status
in Saqqara (Macramallah 1940:
22)
- Inscriptions (mainly seal impressions) from tombs in Abu Rowash (Montet
1938: 18, 34, Montet 1946:
195-206)
- Seal impressions from Helwan (Saad
1947: pl. LIV)
UC 36720
(fragment of wooden tablet from Abydos, with name Semty)
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