Ruler
Peribsen
King of the Second Dynasty
c. 2750 BCE
Reign date very approximate.
Biography
Peribsen broke with tradition by placing the animal of the god Seth, rather than the falcon of Horus, above the serekh bearing his name. He was buried at Abydos.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
Peribsen’s serekh is surmounted by the Seth animal rather than the Horus falcon.
- Toby A. H. Wilkinson (1999) “Early Dynastic Egypt” Routledge