Djer
King of the First Dynasty. His tomb is the first with single main chamber (tombs
of previous kings have double chamber); in the Middle Kingdom and later it was
considered to have been the burial place of Osiris, god of the dead.
Attestations:
- Tomb O and funerary
enclosure in Abydos (the tomb and funerary complex of the king)
- Seal impressions from tomb 2185 in Saqqara (Quibell
1923: 15, pl. VIII,5)
- Seal impressions from tomb 3471 in Saqqara (Emery
1949: 13)
- Inscription from tomb 3035 in Saqqara (Emery
1938: 35, fig. 8, pl. 17). The tomb belongs to the high official Hemaka,
who served under Den.
- Inscription from tomb 3503 in Saqqara (Emery
1954: 169)
- Inscription from tomb 3506 in Saqqara (Emery
1958: pl. 78)
- Seal impression and inscriptions from Helwan
(Saad 1947: 165;
Saad 1969: 82, pl. 94)
- Jar from Turah with the name of the king (Kaiser
1964: 103, fig.3)
UC 16182 ivory tablet from Abydos, subsidiary
tomb 612 of the enclosure of Djer (Petrie
1925: pl. II.8; XII.1)
UC 16172 copper adze with the name of king Djer (tomb 461 in Abydos, Petrie
1925: pl. III.1, IV.8)
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