Pre & Early Dynastic Chronology

Author: * Nekhenyheru Aha - 6 Posts on this thread out of 263 Posts sitewide.
Date: Mar 6, 2004 - 10:45

Below you will find my meager attempt at a chronological order pertaining to the Pre and Early Dynastic Periods. *grin* The dates you will see below have been pilfered from The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt for the most part and are approximate. This information does not include the recent finding of another possible archaic king by the name of Hoor.

Predynastic Period (5,450-3,000)

Lower Egypt:
- 5,450-4,400 Fayum A
- 5,000-4,100 Merimda I & II
- 4,600-4,350 Merimda III-V
- 4,600-4,350 El Omari
- 3,500-3,050 Maadi

Upper Egypt:
- 4,400-4,000 Badarian
- 4,000-3,500 Naqada I (Amratian)
- 3,500-3,200 Naqada II (Gerzean)
- 3,200-3,000 Naqada III (Late Gerzean)

Possible kings of Lower Egypt from the Palermo Stone¹:
- ___-pu
- Seka
- Khayu
- Teyew
- Thesh
- Neheb
- Wazenez
- Mekh

Possible king of Upper Egypt:
- Scorpion (I)

0 Dynasty (3,200-3,050)

Lower Egypt (possibly):
- King A (name unknown)

Upper Egypt:
- King B (name unknown)
- Scorpion (II) or could possibly be Crocodile
- Iry-Hor
- Crocodile or could possibly be Scorpion (II)
- Ka (wife: possibly Ha)

Unified Egypt:
- Narmer² (wife: Nithotep)

1st Dynasty (3,050-2,890)

Unified Egypt:
- Hor-Aha (wife: Berner-Ib)
- Djer (wife: Hernit)
- Djet (wife: Meryt-nit)
- Meryt-nit (possibly regent for son, Den)
- Den
- Enezib (aka Anedjib)
- Semerkhet
- Qa'a

2nd Dynasty (2,890-2,686)

Unified Egypt:
- Hotepsekhemwy
- Nebra (aka Raneb)
- Nynetjer
- Nubnefer³ (possibly only king of Upper Egypt)
- Weneg⁴ (possibly only king of Lower Egypt)
- Sened⁵
- Sekhemib (possibly one in the same as Peribsen)
- Peribsen (possibly one in the same as Sekhemib)
- Khasekhemwy (aka Khasekhem)(wife: Nimaathap)

Unaccounted for⁶:
- Sendji (reflected on Turin Canon & Abydos List)
- Neterka (Aaka?) (reflected on Turin Canon)
- Neferkara (reflected on Abydos List, possibly 3rd Dynasty)

Notes:
1. James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt Vol. I, translation of upper registers of the Palermo Stone

2. Narmer is usually either shown as the last king of the 0 Dynasty or the first king of the 1st Dynasty. Excavataed funerary items reflect Narmer as the ancestral founder of the 1st Dynasty

3. Nubnefer could have possibly been a contemporary of Nynetjer and may have briefly ruled Upper Egypt during the period of unrest following the death of Nynetjer.

4. Weneg was undoubtedly a successor of Nynetjer, however, he is so far only attested to in Lower Egypt

5. Sened is only attested to in Lower Egypt, could have been a contemporary of Peribsen

6. These particular names have been reflected on either the Turin Canon or the Abydos List (or both), but no archaeological evidence has been located to support their existence. They could be additional, unknown, names of substantiated kings.