Ka

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Ka was an early ancient Egyptian king of the First Dynasty period, known from tomb inscriptions at Abydos and considered one of the first rulers to use a royal serekh.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ka canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Dynasty ruler ⓘ
ancient Egyptian king ⓘ
early dynastic Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
associatedWithSite Thinis ⓘ
attestedByScholar Flinders Petrie ⓘ
Toby Wilkinson ⓘ
Werner Kaiser NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Abydos ⓘ
Umm el-Qaab ⓘ
burialTomb Tomb B7 ⓘ
Tomb B9 ⓘ
capital Thinis ⓘ
chronologicalPosition one of the earliest kings of the First Dynasty ⓘ
culture Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
evidenceType archaeological ⓘ
epigraphic ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kha ⓘ
Ni-ka ⓘ
Sekhen ⓘ
Sekhen-ka ⓘ
linked to: Sekhen
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceAt Abydos ⓘ
Helwan ⓘ
Tarkhan ⓘ
hasRoyalNecropolis Umm el-Qaab ⓘ
hasSymbol ka hieroglyph ⓘ
historicalStatus semi-legendary early dynastic ruler ⓘ
isAmongFirstToUseSerekh true ⓘ
knownFrom pottery inscriptions ⓘ
seal impressions ⓘ
tomb inscriptions ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Early Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
possiblePredecessor Narmer ⓘ
possibleSuccessor Scorpion II ⓘ
predecessor Iry-Hor ⓘ
reignDynasty First Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
reignPeriod Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
ruledRegion Upper Egypt ⓘ
serekhContains hieroglyph of the ka symbol ⓘ
successor Narmer ⓘ
title King of Upper Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Narmer

Pharaoh ⓘ
tombLocation Cemetery B at Umm el-Qaab ⓘ
tombType mastaba-like royal tomb ⓘ
usedRoyalSerekh true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Narmer → predecessor → Ka ⓘ
Sekhen → alsoKnownAs → Ka ⓘ
Tomb B7 → burialOf → Ka ⓘ
Tomb B7 → hasOccupant → Ka ⓘ