Memphite line of kings
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The Memphite line of kings refers to a succession of pharaohs who ruled from the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, particularly during periods of political fragmentation such as the Eighth Dynasty.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Memphite kings of the Old Kingdom | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
royal dynasty
ⓘ
succession of rulers ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty |
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt
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ⓘ
Seventh Dynasty of Egypt (traditional, possibly fictitious) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSite | Memphis necropolis region (Saqqara and surroundings) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centerOfAdministration | Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
competition with regional rulers in other parts of Egypt
ⓘ
limited territorial control compared to earlier Old Kingdom pharaohs ⓘ short and poorly documented reigns ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition |
after the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
before the rise of Herakleopolitan rulers of the Ninth and Tenth Dynasties ⓘ |
| chronologyApproximate | late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| culturalContinuityWith | Old Kingdom royal traditions ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasUncertainMembers | several kings with poorly preserved or lost names ⓘ |
| historicalStatus |
better known from later textual king lists
ⓘ
poorly attested in contemporary archaeological evidence ⓘ |
| knownFromSource |
Abydos King List
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Turin Royal Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ later king lists compiled in the New Kingdom ⓘ |
| language | Egyptian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legitimacyBasis | traditional pharaonic kingship ideology ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lower Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIssueInScholarship |
debate over historicity of the Seventh Dynasty
GENERATED
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uncertain number and order of kings GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf | history of ancient Egyptian kingship ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
decline of centralized Old Kingdom authority
ⓘ
period of political fragmentation in Egypt ⓘ |
| predecessorPolity | Memphite Old Kingdom monarchy of the Fourth to Sixth Dynasties ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | Memphis and parts of Lower Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| seatOfPower | Memphis royal court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline | Egyptology ⓘ |
| successorPolity | Herakleopolitan line of kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
First Intermediate Period of Egypt
ⓘ
late Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| titleOfRuler |
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
ⓘ
pharaoh ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Egyptian hieroglyphs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Memphite kings of the Old Kingdom