The Abydos King List, also known as the Abydos Table, is a list of the names of seventy-six kings of Ancient Egypt, found on a wall of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt. It consists of three rows of thirty-eight cartouches (borders enclosing the name of a king) in each row. The upper two rows contain names of the kings, while the third row merely repeats Seti I's throne name and praenomen.
Besides providing the order of the Old Kingdom kings, it is the sole source to date of the names of many of the kings of the Seventh and Eighth Dynasties, so the list is valued greatly for that reason.
This list omits the names of many earlier pharaohs who were apparently considered illegitimate — such as Akhenaten, Hatshepsut, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamen, and Ay.
Contents of the king list
First Dynasty
Cartouches 1 to 8 |
n° |
Name written in the list |
Common name |
|
1 |
Meni. Probably King Narmer. |
Menes |
2 |
Teti. Same name in Turin King List. |
Hor-Aha |
3 |
Iti. Same name in Turin King List. |
Djer |
4 |
Ita. Called Itui in Turin King List. |
Djet |
5 |
Septi. Called Qenti in Turin King List. |
Den |
6 |
Meribiap. Called Merbiapen in Turin King List. |
Anedjib |
7 |
Semsu. Called Semsem in Turin King List. |
Semerkhet. |
8 |
Qebeh. Same name in Turin King List. |
Qa'a. |
Second Dynasty
Cartouches 9 to 14 |
n° |
Name written in the list |
Common name |
|
9 |
Bedjau. Called Baunetjer in Turin King List. |
Hotepsekhemwy |
10 |
Kakau. Same name in Turin King List. |
Raneb |
11 |
Banetjer. Same name in Turin King List. |
Ninetjer |
12 |
Wadjnas. Name damaged in Turin King List. |
Weneg |
13 |
Sendi. Called Senedj in Turin King List. |
Senedj |
14 |
Djadjay. Called Bebti in Turin King List. |
Khasekhemwy |
Third Dynasty
Cartouches 15 to 19 |
n° |
Name written in the list |
Common name |
|
15 |
Nebka. Same name in Turin King List. |
Sanakhte |
16 |
Djeser-za. Djoser-it in Turin King List. |
Djoser |
17 |
Teti. Djoser-ti in Turin King List. |
Sekhemkhet |
18 |
Sedjes. Hudjefa in Turin King List. |
Khaba |
19 |
Neferkara. Huni in Turin King List. |
Huni |
Fourth Dynasty
Cartouches 20 to 25 |
n° |
Name written in the list |
Common name |
|
20 |
Sneferu. Senefer in Turin King List. |
Sneferu |
21 |
Khufu. Name missing in Turin King List. |
Khufu |
22 |
Djedefre. Name missing in Turin King List. |
Djedefre |
23 |
Khafra. Incomplete name in Turin King List |
Khafra |
24 |
Menkaura. Name missing in Turin King List. |
Menkaura |
25 |
Shepseskaf. Name missing in Turin King List. |
Shepseskaf |
Fifth Dynasty
Sixth Dynasty
Seventh/Eighth Dynasty
Eleventh/Twelfth Dynasty
Eighteenth Dynasty
Nineteenth Dynasty
Cartouches 75 and 76 |
n° |
Name written in the list |
Common name |
|
75 |
Menpehtira |
Ramesses I |
76 |
Menmaatra |
Seti I |
See also
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