| Preceded by: Fish (?) |
Pharaoh of Egypt Protodynastic |
Succeeded by: Stork (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pen-Abu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hor-Penabu, Elephant | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Pen-Abu in hieroglyphic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Perhaps 33rd century BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Legacy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pen-Abu (transliteration: pn-Ꜣbw, meaning: "The Elephant"), commonly known as Elephant, and labelled King B by Wilkinson,[1] is the provisional name of a Protodynastic pharaoh of Egypt ruling in Upper Egypt. Since the incarved rock inscriptions and ivory tags showing his name are either drawn sloppily, or lacking any royal crest, the reading and thus whole existence of king "Elephant" are highly disputed.
Attestation[]
His name is known from two rock cut inscriptions from Wadi Abu Madawi in the Western Desert behind Armant and shows the falcon atop the serekh with his name. On stylistic grounds his reign could be placed at the very end of the Predynastic Period. A further possible inscription may be seen in the Eastern Desert along the route to the Red Sea between Qena and el-Quseir though it lacks the falcon.[2]
The inscription location hints that he was powerful enough to send expeditions into the Western Desert and given the position of them it is possible he was part of the family from Hierakonpolis who ruled southern Egypt.[2]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Wilkinson, T.A.H., 1999: Early Dynastic Egypt. Routledge, London.
| Predecessor: Fish (?) |
Pharaoh of Egypt Protodynastic |
Successor: Stork (?) |
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