King of the Third Dynasty, exact position uncertain.

Select attestations:

• Seal impressions found on Elephantine (Seidlmayer 1992: fig. 3)
• Sandstone relief fragment from Wadi Maghara/Sinai; London BM EA 691 (Gardiner/Peet/Cerný 1955: no.4, Spencer 1993: 101, fig. 77: New York 1999: 176-177, no. 8)

Bibliography:

• Seidlmayer 1992: 198-200, note 14 (discussion of the place of Sanakht within the Third Dynasty)
• Wilkinson 1999: 101-103

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