Ba (pharaoh)
Horus-Ba | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ba, Hor-Ba | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Nynetjer? | ||||||||||||||||||||
Successor | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dynasty | Uncertain, possibly the First, Second or Third Dynasty |
Ba, also known as Horus Ba, is the
Name sources
The only sure name sources for a king "Ba" are a fragment of green
Identity
Very little is known about king Ba. The few archaeological evidences only assure the existence of such a ruler, but they give no further information.
In 1899 the scientist Alessandro Ricci published a drawing of a
Egyptologists such as Černý and
In contrast, Egyptologists such as Nabil Swelim think that Horus Ba was an immediate successor of the 2nd Dynasty king Nynetjer. He points to the name form of Nynetjer in the Abydos kinglist, which begins with the same hieroglyphic sign (a ram; Gardiner-sign E11) like the serekh name of Horus Ba. Swelim therefore believes that the Horus name of Ba was erroneously intermingled with the birth name of Nynetjer.[5]
Ba's burial site is unknown.
See also
References
- ^ Nabil Swelim: Some Problems on the History of the Third Dynasty - Archaeological and Historical Studies; Volume 7. The Archaeological Society of Alexandria, Alexandria 1983, page 27–32, 180 und 219.
- ^ Carl Richard Lepsius: Koenigsbuch der Alten Aegypter. Besser, Mainz 1858, page 18 & Obj. no. 906.
- ISBN 2-7564-0147-1, page 20.
- ^ Peter Kaplony: Horus Ba?. In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Kairo. Volume 20. von Zabern, Mainz 1965, page 3 & 4.
- ^ Nabil Swelim: Some Problems on the History of the Third Dynasty - Archaeological and Historical Studies Band 7. The Archaeological Society of Alexandria, Alexandria 1983, page 27–32, 180 & 219.