Hudjefa I.

Hudjefa I was an ancient Egyptian pseudonym for a king (Pharaoh) of the 2nd Dynasty ( Early Dynastic period ) which eventually was ruled to 2711 up to 2709 BCE.

Hudjefa I. is chronologically difficult to classify, since it only in the list of kings of Saqqara and Turin Royal Canon is manifested first in appearance and is unknown to the other his real name King.

Name and identity

As in the New Kingdom during the 19th Dynasty various king lists were created, pushed the contemporary writer on a ruined name entry between the kings and Neferkasokar Khasekhemwy. Since the original King 's name was no longer visible, the writer commented on exactly this with the word " Hudjefa ", " destroyed " too German. However, they carried the word in a cartridge, as it concerned a royal name. Subsequent writers and officials held " Hudjefa " due to the cartridge mount for a real royal names and took over the entry in their collections.

Egyptologists T. Dautzenberg and Wolfgang Helck expressed the presumption Hudjefa was possibly with King (Pharaoh) Peribsen identical. Your conjecture is based on the one hand to the fact that Peribsens name was omitted because of his religious reforms during his lifetime in many Ramesside king lists, on the other hand contradict the stated in the Turin Royal Canon 11 years a king of whom apparently not even preserved the name.

The Turin Royal Canon certifies Hudjefa I. a government which lasted 11 years. Egyptologists such as Thomas Schneider and Jürgen von Beckerath look at these times as excessive and go from a reign period of only two years from.

The ancient historian Manetho mentioned between the kings Neferkasokar ( " Nêpherchêres " ) and Khasekhemwy ( " Chenêres " ) a ruler named " Sesôchris ", which he ascribes to 48 years reign and his " cubits, and three spans wide 5 " describes as.

Reign

Since so far no archaeological finds Hudjefas time can be allocated sure nothing concrete about political, ritual or economic events is known. However, it is generally believed that Hudjefa I. reigned in Lower Egypt, as his name appears in the Sakkara list, in the list of kings at Abydos is missing, however, and Memphite the Sakkara list, ie Lower Egyptian, reflects traditions.

Hudjefa I. is also viewed as a counter- regent to the rulers and Peribsen Sechemib. Background of this view is a suggested division of the kingdom at the time of the death of King Ninetjer. After several years of drought Ninetjer Egypt is said to have split into two separate halves and divided among his heirs, to counter the drought-related, economic and internal political conflicts. To Hudjefas time Egypt would thus consisted of two halves of the country, of which the southern part of kings as Peribsen was dominated, while in the north ruled alongside Hudjefa I. kings like Sened and Neferkasokar. It was completed the division of the kingdom under King Khasekhemwy.

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