Den (Pharaoh)
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| Den | |||
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| Dewen, Africanus: Usaphaidos, Eusebius: Usaphaïs | |||
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| Ivory label depicting Den smiting an enemy. | |||
| Pharaoh of Egypt | |||
| Reign | 30+ years, 1st Dynasty | ||
| Predecessor | Djet | ||
| Successor | Anedjib | ||
| Children | Anedjib | ||
| Mother | Merneith[1] | ||
| Burial | Tomb in Umm el-Qa'ab, Abydos | ||
| Monuments | Tomb in Umm el-Qa'ab | ||
Den (or Dewen) was the fourth Egyptian king of the First dynasty. He was the son of Queen Merneith and presumably Djet. Annals mention battles against Bedouin tribes in the Sinai during his reign. He was the first to use the title King of the Two Lands, and the first depicted as wearing the double crowns (red and white). The floor of his tomb in Umm el-Qa'ab at Abydos is made of red granite, the first time in Egypt this hard stone was used as a building material.
An ivory label from Abydos depicts Den "at the time of the smiting of the east" (thought to be Sinai), which may also be referred to on the Palermo Stone.
[edit] References
- Den
- Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, Routledge, London/New York 1999, ISBN 0-415-18633-1, 75-78
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