Wadjenes

( Also written Wadjnes ) Wadjenes is the Hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian King ( Pharaoh ) said to have ruled according Ramesside king lists in the 2nd Dynasty. But as his contemporary Horus name is unknown, modern research has difficulties to classify Wadjenes chronologically correct.

Name evidence

Wadjenes ' name is mainly narrated from the rammessidischen king lists of the 19th Dynasty. He will be unanimously initiated with the symbol of a papyrus stalk and completed in the Abydos list and the Turin Royal Canon in the same case (while only the last symbol in the Turin papyrus remained ). The list of kings of Saqqara differs from the other spellings by the hieroglyphs F20 ( a beef tongue ), Z1 ( a Zählstrich ) and F51 ( a piece of meat ) is used instead of the symbols N35 ( water line) and S29 ( folded fabric). It is most likely a prescription from the original.

The Greek historian Manetho are written for Wadjenes the Hellenized form of the name Outlas ( Οὺτλας ) to what in later copies with TLAs ( Τλας ) was abbreviated. The Gräzisierung is based on the Coptic reading for " Wadjenes ": Wetlas, which means as much as "fresh tongue (s) ". Manetho describes Wadjenes in his Aegyptiacae as the fourth ruler of the 2nd dynasty with a reign period of 17 years. The Royal Canon of Turin certify the king, however, 54 years old, but this is evaluated by the Egyptology as reading or exaggeration.

Identification

Since the Horus name of the Wadjenes has so far not been clearly identified, there are different equating tests. The majority of Egyptologists is convinced that Wadjenes is identical to the well-documented archaeological throne name Weneg and King Ninetjer, the third ruler of the second dynasty, succeeded to the throne. This thesis is based on the one on the assumption that the ominous " Weneg Flower" was confused with the papyrus stalk characters, as both symbols are similar in the hieratic writing very much. In addition, six stone jars were discovered, which may have an early form of the name " Wadjenes ". They come from the major Western galleries of Pyramidennekropole of King Djoser ( 3rd Dynasty ) and consist of calcite alabaster and limestone. The coated with black ink inscriptions mention a certain " Wadjesen " in conjunction with the Sed - festival. Wolfgang Helck refers to the title of Who - ma'a ( "truly great"), which he sees as crown prince title and accompanies the name of the Wadjesen.

There are also different equating proposals. So beat Nicolas Grimal and Walter Bryan Emery prior to equate Wadjenes with the Horus name Sechemib as they simultaneously identify the Ramesside successor of Wadjenes, King Sened, with Sechemibs contemporary successor Seth Peribsen. Dietrich and Wolfgang Helck Wildungsmauer propose an exactly opposite equation before: look at the name " Wadjenes " as a reading of the hieratic letters for " Peribsen ".

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