Hotepsekhemwy

Hotepsekhemwy
Hotepsekhemwy
Bedjatau, Bedjau, Boethos, Bochus
	Stone vase bearing Hotepsekhemwy's serekh, National Archaeological Museum (France)
Pharaoh
Reign	25–29 years
Predecessor	uncertain; Qa'a or Sneferka or Horus Bird
Successor	Raneb
Horus name
Horus name
	Hor-Hotepsekhemwy; Hr.-htp-sxm.wj; Horus, reconciliation of the two powers
Nebty name
Nomen
	Nisut-bitj-Nebty-Hotep; Nsw.t-btj-nbt.j-htp; King of Upper and Lower Egypt, he of the Two Ladies, the satisfied;
	;
Children	Perneb and Raneb ?
Burial	Gallery Tomb A, Saqqara (?)
Dynasty	2nd Dynasty; starting c. 2890 BC

Hotepsekhemwy is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who was the founder of the Second Dynasty of Egypt. The exact length of his reign is not known; the Turin canon suggests an improbable 95 years^[4] while the ancient Egyptian historian Manetho reports that the reign of "Boëthôs" lasted for 38 years.^[5] Egyptologists consider both statements to be misinterpretations or exaggerations. They credit Hotepsekhemwy with either a 25- or a 29-year rule.^[6]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference WoHe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin. Reissued. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3, vol. 1
^ Edward Brovarski: Two old writing boards from Giza. In: Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte. vol. 71, 1987, ISSN 1687-1510, p. 27–52, issue 1, Online (PDF; 11 MB).
^ Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin. Griffith Institute of Oxford, Oxford (UK) 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3; page 15 & Table I.
^ William Gillian Waddell: Manetho (The Loeb Classical Library, Volume 350). Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 2004 (Reprint), ISBN 0-674-99385-3, page 37–41.
^ Dietrich Wildung: Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im Bewusstsein ihrer Nachwelt. Teil 1: Posthume Quellen über die Könige der ersten vier Dynastien; Münchener Ägyptologische Studien, Volume 17. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/Berlin, 1969. page 31-33.

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[2] Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin. Reissued. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3, vol. 1

[Brovarski-3] Edward Brovarski: Two old writing boards from Giza. In: Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte. vol. 71, 1987, ISSN 1687-1510, p. 27–52, issue 1, Online (PDF; 11 MB).

[AHG-4] Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin. Griffith Institute of Oxford, Oxford (UK) 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3; page 15 & Table I.

[WGW-5] William Gillian Waddell: Manetho (The Loeb Classical Library, Volume 350). Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 2004 (Reprint), ISBN 0-674-99385-3, page 37–41.

[6] Dietrich Wildung: Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im Bewusstsein ihrer Nachwelt. Teil 1: Posthume Quellen über die Könige der ersten vier Dynastien; Münchener Ägyptologische Studien, Volume 17. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/Berlin, 1969. page 31-33.

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