Ka

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Ka was an early ancient Egyptian king of the First Dynasty period, known from tomb inscriptions at Abydos and considered one of the first rulers to use a royal serekh.

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Ka canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Dynasty ruler
ancient Egyptian king
early dynastic Egyptian pharaoh
associatedWithSite Thinis
attestedByScholar Flinders Petrie
Toby Wilkinson
Werner Kaiser NERFINISHED
burialPlace Abydos
Umm el-Qaab
burialTomb Tomb B7
Tomb B9
capital Thinis
chronologicalPosition one of the earliest kings of the First Dynasty
culture Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
evidenceType archaeological
epigraphic
hasAlternativeName Kha
Ni-ka
Sekhen
Sekhen
surface form: Sekhen-ka
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceAt Abydos
Helwan
Tarkhan
hasRoyalNecropolis Umm el-Qaab
hasSymbol ka hieroglyph
historicalStatus semi-legendary early dynastic ruler
isAmongFirstToUseSerekh true
knownFrom pottery inscriptions
seal impressions
tomb inscriptions
languageOfInscriptions Early Egyptian hieroglyphs
possiblePredecessor Narmer
possibleSuccessor Scorpion II
predecessor Iry-Hor
reignDynasty Early Dynastic Egypt
surface form: First Dynasty of Egypt
reignPeriod Early Dynastic Egypt
surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
ruledRegion Upper Egypt
serekhContains hieroglyph of the ka symbol
successor Narmer
title Narmer
surface form: King of Upper Egypt

Pharaoh
tombLocation Cemetery B at Umm el-Qaab
tombType mastaba-like royal tomb
usedRoyalSerekh true

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Narmer predecessor Ka