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Titulary what's this?
Horus Name Horus Djet, "Horus the Snake" or "Horus Cobra"
Nebty Name Iterti
   
Manetho Uenephes, Vavenephis, Wenefes
King Lists Itiu, Itiui, Ata, iti
Alternate Names "Snake", Wadj, Wadji, Athothis III, Wedjet, Uadi
Dates what's this?
manetho africanus 23 years
manetho eusebius 42 years
Clayton 2970 -- 2963 BCE
piccione 2970 -- 2963 BCE
Succession
Predecessor father Djer or sister Merneith
Successor son Den, out of Merneith
Associated People
Father Djer
Sister/Wife Merneith
Son Den
Burial Place
Tomb Z in Abydos, just west of Djer's tomb. The tomb is quite small -- 9.3 x 11.9 x. .8 m, and may have been intentionally burned, as only charred remnants of what may have been a wooden floor remain. There are 174 subsidiary burials nearby.
A huge mastaba in Saqqara is associated with Djet, and decorated with 400 bulls heads and genuine horns around the walls. This may be for a highly placed retainer to the king, not to the king himself.
Monuments
unknown
History

Mostly known by a stela with his name (that is displayed at the Louvre in Paris, shown left), Wadj is attested to only by a few inscriptions near Edfu and mentions of him in his wife, Merneith's, tomb.


His tomb is different from his predecessors in that there are small rooms surrounding the burial chamber that are within the building itself, much like later mastabas.  The grave chamber was looted shortly after the burial, and the wooden roof and lining of the rooms were set afire. They were restored later (by Qa'a) and restocked with offering goods.

 

pharaohs

Menes
Djer
Merneith
Djet
Den
Anendjib
Semerkhet
Qa'a
Sneferka

monuments

Tomb Z, Abydos
Mastaba, Saqqara

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