Khaba

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Khaba was an early ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 3rd Dynasty, best known for his association with the unfinished Layer Pyramid at Zawyet el'Aryan and for the relative obscurity surrounding his reign.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Khaba canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 3rd Dynasty pharaoh ⓘ
ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith Layer Pyramid at Zawyet el'Aryan ⓘ
Zawyet el'Aryan ⓘ
linked to: Zawyet el-Aryan
attestedBy inscriptions ⓘ
seal impressions ⓘ
stone vessels ⓘ
buildingActivityStatus limited evidence ⓘ
burialAttributionStatus uncertain ⓘ
burialSiteCandidate Layer Pyramid at Zawyet el'Aryan ⓘ
chronologicalPositionStatus debated among Egyptologists ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
cultStatus poorly attested ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian culture ⓘ
dynasty Third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
era Early Old Kingdom ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
historicalObscurity high ⓘ
knownFor association with the Layer Pyramid ⓘ
obscurity of his reign ⓘ
knownFrom archaeological evidence ⓘ
later king lists (indirectly and uncertainly) ⓘ
language Egyptian ⓘ
majorArchaeologicalSite Zawyet el'Aryan ⓘ
linked to: Zawyet el-Aryan
monumentStatus unfinished pyramid ⓘ
monumentTypeAssociated step pyramid ⓘ
nameMeaningStatus uncertain ⓘ
nameReading Ḫꜣ-bꜣ ⓘ
nomenStatus uncertain ⓘ
period Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
possiblyIdenticalWith Huni (hypothesis) ⓘ
Nebka (hypothesis) ⓘ
praenomenStatus uncertain ⓘ
predecessorStatus uncertain ⓘ
region Lower Egypt ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
reignEndApprox 27th century BC ⓘ
reignLengthStatus uncertain ⓘ
reignPeriod 3rd Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
reignStartApprox 27th century BC ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
royalTitle King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
successorStatus uncertain ⓘ
throneNameStatus uncertain ⓘ
title pharaoh ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Huni → predecessor → Khaba ⓘ
Sekhemkhet → successor → Khaba ⓘ
Huny → hasPredecessor → Khaba ⓘ
Sḫm-ḫt → successor → Khaba ⓘ