Palermo Stone
The Cairo Annal Stone is part of a series of fragments which show the year by year reign of a Pharaoh, created in the 5th Dynasty to record Egypt's earliest kings though it excludes Merneith.[1]
Cairo Annal Stone[]
- Kenthap is mentioned on it as the mother of Djer but is otherwise unattested anywhere.[2][1]
- Batirytes is mentioned as the mother of Semerkhet.[1]
Palermo Stone[]
Known sections of the stone say:
Top Section
Second Line
- Appearance of the King of Upper Egypt.[4]
Third Line
- Appearance of the King of Lower Egypt. (Ḫˤt-bity) (Another theory for the Narmer Palette is that this is the event portrayed on its surface.[4]
Somewhere
- Appearances of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, which is possibly shown on a the tablet of King Den with double crown sat on a single dais.[4]
- Merneith is attested as the mother of Den.[1][2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tyldesley, J. (2006) The Complete Queens of Egypt Cairo: American University Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dodson, A & Hilton, D. (2005) The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9774249577
- ↑ J. H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, Part One, Chicago 1906
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Millet, N.B (1990) The Narmer Macehead and Related Object Journal of American Research Center in Egypt: Vol. 27, pp. 53-59