Djet

Djet
Africanus: Uenephês Eusebius: Uenephês, Vavenephis
Serekh containing the name of Djet, on display at the Louvre
Pharaoh of Egypt
Reign	unknown,  1st Dynasty
Predecessor	Djer
Successor	Den
Royal titulary Horus name: Djet
Consort(s)	Merneith
Burial	Tomb Z, Cemetery B, Umm el-Qa'ab

Djet, also known as Wadj, Zet, and Uadji (in Greek possibly the pharaoh known as Uenephes), was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the first dynasty. Djet's Horus name means "Horus Cobra."^[1]

Little is known about his reign, but he has become famous because of the survival, in well-preserved form, of one of his artistically refined tomb steles. It is carved in relief with Djet's Horus name, and shows that the distinct Egyptian style already had become fully developed at that time. His reign was listed in the lost or destroyed sections of the Palermo Stone.

See also

• List of Pharaohs

References

Bibliography

• Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, Routledge, London/New York 1999, ISBN 0-415-18633-1, 73-74
• Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt: The Palermo Stone and Its Associated Fragments, (Kegan Paul International), 2000.

External links

• Egyptian kings: Djet
• Ivory Image: King Djet Comb-(with Ankh, Was-staffs, Solar barge, etc.); Article

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