Sekhemkhet

Sekhemkhet
Sekhemkhet
Djosertety, Djoserty, Teti, Tyreis
	Relief of Sekhemkhet from Wadi Maghareh
Pharaoh
Reign	6 regnal years; 7 regnal year; c. 2650 BC
Predecessor	Djoser
Successor	Sanakht (most likely) or Khaba
Horus name
Horus name
	Hor-Sekhemkhet; Ḥr-sẖm.ẖt; Powerful body of Horus
Nebty name
	; ;
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Consort	Djeseretnebti ?
Father	Khasekhemwy ?
Mother	Nimaathap ?
Burial	Buried Pyramid
Dynasty	3rd Dynasty

Sekhemkhet (also read as Sechemchet) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 3rd Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. His reign is thought to have been from about 2648 BC until 2640 BC. He is also known under his later traditioned birth name Djoser-teti and under his Hellenized name Tyreis (by Manetho; derived from Teti in the Abydos King List). Sekhemkhet was probably the brother or eldest son of king Djoser. Little is known about this king, since he ruled for only a few years. However, he erected a step pyramid at Saqqara and left behind a well known rock inscription at Wadi Maghareh (Sinai Peninsula).

^ Turin King List
^ Wilkinson 2000 based on the Palermo Stone
^ Manetho
^ Alan H. Gardiner: The Royal Canon of Turin, Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3.

[1] Turin King List

[2] Wilkinson 2000 based on the Palermo Stone

[3] Manetho

[4] Alan H. Gardiner: The Royal Canon of Turin, Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3.

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