- Qa'a
Pharaoh Infobox | Name= Qa'a|
Caption=Stela of Qa'a from Abydos
Reign= 26 years
HorusHiero=q:a
Horus = "Qa'a"
NebtyHiero=q:a
Nebty = "Qa'a"
Predecessor=Semerkhet
Successor=Hotepsekhemwy
Burial= Tomb inUmm el-Qa'ab , Abydos
Monuments= Tomb in Umm el-Qa'ab
Dynasty=1st Dynasty
Alt=Africanus: BiênechêsEusebius: Ubienthês, VibenthisQa'a (also Qáa) was the last king of the
First dynasty of Egypt . He had a fairly large tomb in Abydos which measures 98.5 X 75.5 feet or 30 X 23 meters. [Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2006 paperback p.25]Manetho gives him a reign of 26 years in his Epitome if this ruler was a certain Biechenes. [Clayton, op. cit., p.25] A long reign is supported by the large size of this ruler's burial site at Abydos. A seal impression bearingHotepsekhemwy 's name was found near the entrance of the tomb of Qa'a (Tomb Q) by the German Archaeological Institute in the mid-1990s. [G. Dreyer et al., MDAIK 52,1996, pp.71-72, fig. 25, pl. 14a] This pharaoh's large Abydos tomb was excavated by German archaeologists in 1993 and proved to contain 26 satellite (i.e. sacrificial) burials. [Clayton, op. cit., p.25] The discovery of the seal impression has been interpreted as evidence that Qa'a was buried, and therefore succeeded, byHotepsekhemwy , the founder of the second dynasty of Egypt, as Manetho states.The tomb of one of Qa'a's state officials at Saqqara—a certain noblemen named Merka—contained a
stele with many titles. There is a secondsed festival attested. This fact plus the high quality of a number of royal steles depicting the king implies that Qa'a's reign was a fairly stable and prosperous period of time. Qa'a's name translates as "His Arm is Raised." [Clayton, op. cit., p.16]A number of year labels have also been discovered dating to his reign at the First Dynasty burial site of
Umm el-Qa'ab in Abydos. Qa'a is believed to have ruled Egypt around 2916 B.C.EReferences
Bibliography
*Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994.
*Toby A. H. Wilkinson, "Early Dynastic Egypt", Routledge, London/New York 1999, ISBN 0-415-18633-1, 80-81See also
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Pharaoh
*List of Pharaohs
*First dynasty of Egypt
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