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Titulary what's this?
Horus Name Senedj, Sened
   
Manetho Sethenes
King Lists Senedi, Senedj
Alternate Names possibly identified with Peribsen or Sekhemib.
Dates what's this?
manetho reigned 41 years
turin canon reigned 54 or 70 years, unclear
piccione 2772 -- ? BCE
  2780-2770 BCE
von beckerath 2735-2724 BCE
malek 2700-2690 BCE
Succession
Predecessor possibly concurrent with Peribsen
Successor  
Associated People
unknown  
Burial Place
Probably Saqqara
Monuments
unknown
History

Although Sened's name appears in the Abydos King list and in the Turin canon, there no other evidence of a king named Sened. Probably, he was a pharaoh during a period when Egypt was once again divided into Upper and Lower Egypt. He was ruler in the north (Lower Egypt) from Memphis, while another pharaoh ruled in the south (this is possibly Peribsen). No written evidence of him has been found other than the king lists..

His name appears in the Abydos king lists, and in the canon from a private tomb in Saqqara and the Turin canon. Here, his name is shown as simply a plucked goose

A block of stone that might have his name on it was reused in the walls of the mortuary temple of Khafre at Giza, and mentioned in a title for a man called Shery. Shery's tomb includes his title, which mentioned that he was part of the cult that commemorated king Sened.

His tomb has not been found, but is assumed to be in Saqqara probably a little bit north of Djoser's complex. The galleries to the west of the Step PYramid may be a monument of Sened as well.

 

 

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Hetepsekhemwy
Reneb (Nebre)
Weneg
Ninetjer
Sened
Nubnefer
Neferkare
Neferkaseker
Hudjefa I
Peribsen-Sekhemib
Khasekhemwy