QA'A

'Qa'a' (also 'Qáa') was the last king of the First dynasty of Egypt. He had a fairly large tomb in Abydos which measures 98.5 X 75.5 feet or 30 X 23 meters. (Clayton:p.25) Manetho gives him a reign of 26 years in his Epitome which is supported by the large size of this ruler's burial site at Abydos. A seal impression bearing Hotepsekhemwy's name was found near the entrance of the tomb of Qa'a (Tomb Q) by the German Archaeological Institute in the mid-1990s.^[1] This discovery has been viewed as evidence that Qáa was buried—and therefore succeeded—by Hotepsekhemwy as Manetho states. The tomb of one of Qa'a's state officials at Saqqara—a certain noblemen named Merka—contained a stela with many titles. There is a second sed festival attested. This fact plus the high quality of a number of royal stelas depicting the king implies that Qa'a's reign was a fairly stable and prosperous period of time.

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Discovery

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Discovery

A number of year labels have also been discovered dating to his reign at the First Dynasty burial site of Umm el-Qa'ab in Abydos. Qa'a is believed to have ruled Egypt around 2960 BC.

Footnotes

1. G. Dreyer et al., MDAIK 52,1996, pp.71-72, fig. 25, pl. 14a

Further reading

★ Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994.

★ Toby A. H. Wilkinson, ''Early Dynastic Egypt'', Routledge, London/New York 1999, ISBN 0-415-18633-1, 80-81

See also

★ Pharaoh

★ List of Pharaohs

★ First dynasty of Egypt