Saqqara Tablet

The King List of Sakkara is an ancient Egyptian king list, which was in the grave of the royal scribe and chief priest reading ( HRJ - ḥ3bt - ḥr.j -tp ) Tjuneroy ( 19th Dynasty ) at Saqqara. The grave was discovered in 1861. The list is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Description

The list once called 58 kings who are honored on the list of Ramses II. Today, about 50 names are still preserved. They are arranged in two rows in chronological order from bottom left to top right. Interestingly, the list begins with Pharaoh king Anedjib (6th ruler of the 1.Dynastie ). His successor Semerkhet missing, it follows directly Pharaoh Qaa ( 8th and last ruler of the 1st Dynasty). Then calls the list nine rulers that coincide namely almost entirely with the Turin Royal Canon. For the 3rd Dynasty ruler only four are mentioned.

As in the King List of Abydos missing in the Sakkara list many rulers of the 1st split.

The King List

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