Khaba

Chaba ( the Egyptian name of Hor -chai -ba) is the Horus name of the eighth and penultimate ancient Egyptian King ( Pharaoh ) of the 3rd Dynasty (Old Kingdom), which according to Thomas Schneider reigned 2670 BC.

Documents

The Horus name Chaba is contemporary only evidence of several seal impressions and Gefäßeinritzungen with his name. Derlei finds come from Saujet el- Arjan, Hierakonpolis, Elephantine and Dahshur. Two other vessels with Chabas names come from the pyramid complex of Sahura in Abusir and a third from Naga ed- Deir.

Reign

The current finding situation does not allow any conclusions about possible improvements and the country's leadership under Chaba, mainly because the stone vessels always mention only the name of the king, but otherwise have no inscriptions. Calendrical events also can not be reconstructed. Only the clay seals show next to the name Seal of Chaba also its possible gold name and the official title " Hatia " ( " nomarch, Mayor "). Other inscriptions on the seals suggest that they originally came from Thinis and were intended for the former Sweetheart Halter and governor of Elephantine. The seals were found in the Oststadt. Particularly well known is a clay seal, whose origin was not recorded, but Chabas on the possible gold name appears. Peter Kaplony reads it as " Iret " or " Iret - Djedef ", where he is undecided whether the last syllable names actually still part of the title. Thomas Schneider and Jürgen von Beckerath read the gold name as " Netjer - nub ".

Tonsiegelfragment with the Horus name of the Chaba

Clay seals of Chaba with the heavily damaged representation of a deity

Clay seals of Chaba with the mention of the title of mayor

Identification with other rulers

Nabil Swelim holds King Chaba for a direct successor of the Khasekhemwy. Background of the assumption is the similarity between the names " Khasekhemwy " and " Chaba " that begin with the same symbol. Ajar is the thesis of the names equations between the kings and Netjerichet Sekhemkhet. Nicolas -Christophe Grimal and Wolfgang Helck, however, put Chaba same with Huni, whose Horus name is still unknown. Rainer Stadelmann and Toby Wilkinson would also refer to the fact that stone vessels were common with royal names only during the first and early second dynasty, and came back into fashion until the reign of King Sneferu. Also, clay seals from Elephantine make the equation of Chaba with Huni probably because they were found near iconic pyramids, which are in turn Huni awarded. Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards identified Chaba contrast with the names of kings Teti from the Ramesside king lists.

Uncertainty remains as to whether the Greek historian Manetho Chaba minded in his chronicles. However, He calls where should appear according to the ruler squad Chaba in other sources, the pretenders Sôyphés, Tosertasis and Mesochris, which do not really assign the Egyptologists.

Tomb

North of Memphis an unfinished step pyramid was discovered at el- Saujet Arjan, which is attributed on the basis of findings in the neighboring Mastaba Z500 King Chaba. The side length of the pyramid measures 84 meters and the building would have reached a height of 45 m with five levels. However, the building at a height of 17 m has been set. Since the building is located in a restricted military area, it has yet to be fully excavated and researched. Aidan Dodson and Mark Lehner, however, shed that Chaba may have been buried not in the pyramid, but in Mastaba Z500.

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