Abydos King List

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ancient Egyptian king list historical inscription royal canon

The Abydos King List is an ancient Egyptian inscription from the temple of Seti I that records a chronological sequence of pharaohs considered legitimate rulers.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Abydos King List canonical 15
Abydos King List (via Amenhotep II) 1
Abydos King List of pharaohs 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian king list ⓘ
historical inscription ⓘ
royal canon ⓘ
chronologyEnd Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: 19th Dynasty of Egypt

reign of Seti I ⓘ
chronologyStart Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: 1st Dynasty of Egypt

reign of Menes ⓘ
civilization Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
commissionedBy Seti I ⓘ
comparedWith Saqqara King List ⓘ
Turin King List ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
creator Seti I ⓘ
currentCondition partially damaged ⓘ
depicts Ramesses II ⓘ
Seti I ⓘ
discoveredInCentury 19th century ⓘ
excludes Akhenaten ⓘ
Ay ⓘ
Hatshepsut ⓘ
Hyksos ⓘ
surface form: Hyksos rulers

Smenkhkare ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ
foundInStructure Hall of Ancestors ⓘ
genre chronological list ⓘ
includes Ahmose I ⓘ
Amenhotep III ⓘ
Djoser ⓘ
Horemheb ⓘ
Khufu ⓘ
Narmer ⓘ
surface form: Menes

Mentuhotep II ⓘ
Ramesses I ⓘ
Seti I ⓘ
Pharaoh Sneferu ⓘ
surface form: Sneferu

Thutmose III ⓘ
locatedIn Abydos ⓘ
Temple of Seti I ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Seti I at Abydos
material stone ⓘ
medium relief carving ⓘ
numberOfNames 76 ⓘ
partOf decorative program of the Temple of Seti I ⓘ
purpose religious commemoration of royal ancestors ⓘ
to present a sequence of legitimate kings ⓘ
religiousContext cult of Osiris at Abydos ⓘ
style processional scene of kings ⓘ
subject pharaohs of Egypt ⓘ
royal succession ⓘ
use reconstructing Egyptian chronology ⓘ
usedBy Egyptologists ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
writtenInLanguage Egyptian language family ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian language

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Userkaf → attestedInSource → Abydos King List ⓘ
Pepi II Neferkare → mentionedIn → Abydos King List ⓘ
Egyptology → hasImportantDiscovery → Abydos King List ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abydos inscriptions
Abydos → hasInscription → Abydos King List ⓘ
Djer → mentionedIn → Abydos King List ⓘ
Second Dynasty of Egypt → sourceOfInformation → Abydos King List ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abydos king lists
Huni → attestedIn → Abydos King List ⓘ
Mycerinus → kingListAttestation → Abydos King List ⓘ
Seti I → commissioned → Abydos King List ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abydos King List reliefs
Turin King List → comparedWith → Abydos King List ⓘ
Saqqara King List → comparedWith → Abydos King List ⓘ
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt → sourceAttestation → Abydos King List ⓘ
Shepseskare → attestedBy → Abydos King List ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abydos king list
Menkauhor Kaiu → attestedIn → Abydos King List ⓘ
Turin Royal Canon → relatedWork → Abydos King List ⓘ
Djedkare Isesi → attestedIn → Abydos King List ⓘ
Neferkare → attestedIn → Abydos King List ⓘ
Temple of Seti I → hasPart → Abydos King List ⓘ
Temple of Seti I → knownFor → Abydos King List ⓘ
Temple of Seti I → inscription → Abydos King List ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abydos King List of pharaohs
Aakheperure → kingListInclusion → Abydos King List ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abydos King List (via Amenhotep II)