page_title: Djer
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Djer / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Stone vase bearing the serekh of pharaoh Djer, Musee des Antiquites Nationales, St Germain en Laye. Français&#160;: Vase en pierre portant le serekh de Djer, Musee des Antiquites Nationales, St Germain en Laye.
context_page_description: Djer is considered the third pharaoh of the First Dynasty of ancient Egypt in current Egyptology. He lived around the mid-thirty-first century BC and reigned for c. 40 years. A mummified forearm of Djer or his wife was discovered by Flinders Petrie, but was discarded by Émile Brugsch.
context_section_description: Djer was a son of the pharaoh Hor-Aha and his wife Khenthap. His grandfather was probably Narmer. Djer fathered Merneith, wife of Djet and mother of Den. Women carrying titles later associated with queens such as Great One of the Hetes-Sceptre and She who Sees/Carries Horus were buried in subsidiary tombs  near the tomb of Djer in Abydos or attested in Saqqara. These women are thought to be the wives of Djer and include:
  Nakhtneith (or Nekhetneith), buried in Abydos and known from a stela.
  Herneith, possibly a wife of Djer. Buried in Saqqara.
  Seshemetka, buried in Abydos next to the king. She was said to be a wife of Den in Dodson and Hilton.
  Penebui, her name and title were found on an ivory label from Saqqara.
  bsu, known from a label in Saqqara and several stone vessels (reading of name uncertain; name consists of three fish hieroglyphs).
caption: Stone vase bearing the serekh of Djer, National Archaeological Museum (France).
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