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Name of Sechet
Clay seal inscription of the Sechet
Horus name	Sechet Sḫt

Sechet (aka Hor-Sechet ) is the presumed Horus name of an ancient Egyptian king ( pharaoh ) of the 1st or 2nd dynasty ( early dynastic period ). It is currently not possible to provide any information about the time of government or the length of his rule. Its chronological assignment as well as its relationship to other rulers of the 1st or 2nd dynasty are also controversial.

supporting documents

Even the existence of this ruler is not certain, as his name only appears on two clay seals . The artifacts were found by the Egyptologist Walter Bryan Emery in the Mastaba S 3505 of the official Merka in Saqqara .

Reading and assignment

In Egyptology , the uncertain reading of the king's name on clay seals has led to controversial debates because most of the inscription on the seals has rubbed off. One only recognizes a character in one of the Serechs in the lower left corner, which some Egyptologists use as the Gardiner symbol T27 ( read as Sechet , represents a bird trap), while others use it as the symbol O45 ( read as Ipet , symbol for “Harem “) Is interpreted.

While Aidan Dodson and Wolfgang Helck the rulers in the 2nd dynasty between the kings Ninetjer and Peribsen classify want Peter Kaplony and Walter Bryan Emery recognize the tail and the heel of a bird in the sign in question and arrange the clay seals a ruler named "bird" to which is dated to the 1st Dynasty.

literature

• Peter Kaplony: Inscriptions of the early Egyptian period. Volume III. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-447-00052-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Francesco Raffaele: Sechet.
2. ^ Walter Bryan Emery: Great Tombs of the First Dynasty, Volume III. Government Press, 1949, p. 37, fig. 6.
3. ↑ Peter Kaplony: Inscriptions of the early Egyptian times . P. 126.

predecessor	Office	successor
unsure	Pharaoh of Egypt 2nd Dynasty	unsure