Ka (pharaoh)

Ka
Sekhen
Vessel found at Tarkhan bearing the serekh of King Ka. Petrie Museum, London
Vessel found at Tarkhan bearing the serekh of King Ka. Petrie Museum, London
Pharaoh
Reign32nd century BC
PredecessorIry-Hor
SuccessorScorpion II?, Narmer?
Royal titulary
Horus name
Sekhen
sḫn
Embraced by Horus / He who embraces Horus
G5
D32
ConsortHa[1]
BurialChambers B7, B9, Umm el-Qa'ab
DynastyDynasty 0

Ka, also (alternatively) Sekhen,[2][3] was a Predynastic pharaoh of Upper Egypt belonging to Dynasty 0. He probably reigned during the first half of the 32nd century BC. The length of his reign is unknown.

  1. ^ Petrie, W.M. Flinders (1923). A History of Egypt Volume I (10 ed.). Methuen & Co. LTD. p. 4.
  2. ^ Rice, Michael (1999), Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge, p. 86.
  3. ^ Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, Münchner ägyptologische Studien, Heft 49, Mainz : P. von Zabern, 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6, available online Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine see p. 36-37