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Titulary
Weneg is normally considered to have ruled after Ninetjer, in a period of unrest after the centralized government started to collapse. A few names pop up, but there is very little solid information about succession for a few years. It is possible that Weneg was actually a pharaoh in Lower Egypt just prior to Ninetjer -- so we're honestly not sure if he ruled before, during the same period, or after Ninetjer. Things were a bit mixed up.
His name is a bit confusing. The flower-sign used to write his name "wng" was early on mistakenly replaced by a papyrus-plant glyph, changing his name to wadj-nes. This was translated into Greek by Manetho into "outgot-las", which resulted in "Tlas" in the transcriptions. We can only imagine that many other pharaoh's names suffered the same fate over the years. His name never shows up in a serekh, but is found in a dozen or more places in Saqqara. He is listed in the kings lists, though, which gives him some legitimacy. He probably had a very short reign -- maybe only a few years. Weneg's tomb has not been found, but is probably somewhere in the area of Sekhemket's or to the east. It probably isn't a large tomb, given his relative unimportance, but so far, nothing has been conclusively identified. One mastaba (S3014) contains a reference to his name. |
LinkspharaohsHetepsekhemwy monumentsTomb 3014, Saqqara |
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