Abydos King List

The Abydos King List, also called the Abydos Table is a list of the names of seventy-six kings and pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, found on the walls of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt. It consists of three rows of thirty-eight cartouches on each row. The upper two rows contain names of the kings, while the third row merely repeats Seti I's throne name and praenomen.

Besides providing the order of the Old Kingdom rulers (albeit often obviously incorrectly), it is the sole source to date of the names of many of the rulers of the Seventh and Eighth Dynasties, so the list is valued highly for that reason.

This list omits the names of many pharaohs who were 'erased' from this revised history — such as Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamen, and Ay.

Contents 1 Contents of the king list 1.1 First Dynasty 1.2 Second Dynasty 1.3 Third Dynasty 1.4 Fourth Dynasty 1.5 Fifth Dynasty 1.6 Sixth Dynasty 1.7 Seventh/Eighth Dynasty 1.8 Ninth Dynasty 1.9 Eleventh/Twelfth Dynasty 1.10 Eighteenth Dynasty 1.11 Nineteenth Dynasty 2 See also 3 External links

Contents of the king list

First Dynasty

Cartouches 1 to 8	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	1	Meni	Menes
	2	Teti	Hor-Aha
	3	Iti	Djer
	4	Ita	Djet
	5	Septi	Den
	6	Meribiap	Anedjib
	7	Semsu	Semerkhet
	8	Qebeh	Qa'a

Second Dynasty

Cartouches 9 to 14	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	9	Bedjau	Hotepsekhemwy
	10	Kakau	Raneb
	11	Banetjer	Ninetjer
	12	Wadjnas	Wneg
	13	Sendi	Senedj
	14	Djadjay	Khasekhemwy

Third Dynasty

Cartouches 15 to 19	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	15	Nebka	Sanakhte
	16	Netjerykhet Djoser	Djoser
	17	Teti	Sekhemkhet
	18	Sedjes	Khaba
	19	Neferkara	Huni

Fourth Dynasty

Cartouches 20 to 25	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	20	Sneferu	Sneferu
	21	Khufu	Khufu
	22	Djedefre	Djedefre
	23	Khafra	Khafra
	24	Menkaura	Menkaura
	25	Shepseskaf	Shepseskaf

Fifth Dynasty

Cartouches 26 to 33	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	26	Userkaf	Userkaf
	27	Sahure	Sahure
	28	Kakai	Neferirkare Kakai
	29	Neferefre	Neferefre
	30	Nyuserre	Nyuserre Ini
	31	Menkauhor	Menkauhor Kaiu
	32	Djedkare	Djedkare Isesi
	33	Unis	Unas

Sixth Dynasty

Cartouches 34 to 39	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	34	Teti	Teti
	35	Userkare	Userkare
	36	Meryre	Pepi I Meryre
	37	Merenre	Merenre Nemtyemsaf II
	38	Neferkare	Pepi II Neferkare
	39	Merenre Saemsaf	Merenre Nemtyemsaf II

Seventh/Eighth Dynasty

Cartouches 40 to 47	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	40	Netjerikare	Netjerkare
	41	Menkare	Menkare
	42	Neferkare	Neferkare II
	43	Neferkare Neby	Neferkare Neby
	44	Djedkare Shemai	Djedkare Shemai
	45	Neferkare Khendu	Neferkare Khendu
	46	Merenhor	Merenhor
	47	Sneferka	Neferkamin

Ninth Dynasty

Cartouches 48 to 56	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	48	Nikare	Nikare
	49	Neferkare Tereru	Neferkare Tereru
	50	Neferkahor	Neferkahor
	51	Neferkare Pepiseneb	Neferkare Pepiseneb
	52	Sneferka Anu	Neferkamin Anu
	53	Kaukara	Qakare Ibi
	54	Neferkaure	Neferkaure II
	55	Neferkauhor	Neferkauhor
	56	Neferirkare	Neferirkare

Eleventh/Twelfth Dynasty

Cartouches 57 to 61	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	57	Nebhepetre	Mentuhotep II
	58	Sankhkare	Mentuhotep III
	59	Sehetepibre	Amenemhat I
	60	Kheperkare	Senusret I
	61	Nebukaure	Amenemhat II

Cartouches 62 to 65	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	62	Khakeperre	Senusret II
	63	Khakaure	Senusret III
	64	Nemaatre	Amenemhat III
	65	Maakherure	Amenemhat IV

Eighteenth Dynasty

Cartouches 66 to 74	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	66	Nebpehtira	Ahmose I
	67	Djeserkara	Amenhotep I
	68	Aakheperkara	Thutmose I
	69	Aakheperenra	Thutmose II
	70	Menkheperra	Thutmose III
	71	Aakheperura	Amenhotep II
	72	Menkheperura	Thutmose IV
	73	Nebmaatra	Amenhotep III
	74	Djeserkheperura Setepenra	Haremheb

Nineteenth Dynasty

Cartouches 75 and 76	n°	Name written in the list	Common name
	75	Menpehtira	Ramesses I
	76	Menmaatra	Seti I

See also

• Karnak king list
• Manetho king list
• Palermo Stone
• Saqqara Tablet
• Turin King List or Turin Papyrus

External links

• Abydos Table
• Abydos King List