Weneg-Nebty

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Weneg-Nebty was an obscure and possibly short-reigning pharaoh of Egypt’s Second Dynasty, known mainly from a few fragmentary inscriptions and debated identifications in early dynastic king lists.

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Tnwt-Imn 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Second Dynasty ruler of Egypt
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
attestationQuality poorly attested
attestedIn early dynastic king lists (debated)
fragmentary inscriptions
stone vessel inscriptions
burialPlace unknown
certaintyOfReconstruction low
chronologicalContext after Horus Hotepsekhemwy (approximate)
before Nynetjer or Raneb (depending on reconstruction)
country Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
cultStatus no well-attested later royal cult
discussedIn Egyptological literature on the Second Dynasty
dynasty Second Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED
era 3rd millennium BCE
evidenceType inscriptional and prosopographical
fieldOfStudy Egyptology NERFINISHED
gender male
historicalStatus obscure
identificationStatus disputed
kingListAppearance possibly corresponds to Tlas in the Royal Canon of Turin
possibly corresponds to Wadjnes in the Saqqara King List
knownFor fragmentary and rare inscriptions
uncertain position in Second Dynasty sequence
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian
modernNameConventional yes
modernScholarlyDebate identity, chronological position, and name equivalences
nameVariant Weneg NERFINISHED
Weneg-Nebti NERFINISHED
Wneg NERFINISHED
politicalRole king of Upper and Lower Egypt (assumed)
possibleIdentificationWith Raneb (Nebra) NERFINISHED
Senedj NERFINISHED
Wadjnes (Ueneges) in later king lists NERFINISHED
reignEndApprox c. 2860 BCE
reignLength short reign (exact duration unknown)
reignPeriod Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
reignStartApprox c. 2890 BCE
sourceTypeForReign archaeological inscriptions rather than narrative histories
successionOrder exact position in royal sequence uncertain
throneNameType nebty name

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Second Dynasty of Egypt hasPharaoh Weneg-Nebty
Tantamani nativeName Weneg-Nebty
this entity surface form: Tnwt-Imn