page_title: Weneg (pharaoh)
section_title: Weneg corresponds to Hor-Nebre (or Raneb)
hierarchical_section_title: Weneg (pharaoh) / Identification / Weneg corresponds to Hor-Nebre (or Raneb)
caption_attribution_description: English: Fragment of a stone vessel naming king Nineter, found at Abydos, 2nd Dynasty; British Museum
context_page_description: Weneg, also known as Weneg-Nebty, is the throne name of an early Egyptian king, who ruled during the second dynasty. Although his chronological position is clear to Egyptologists, it is unclear for how long King Weneg ruled. It is also unclear as to which of the archaeologically identified Horus-kings corresponds to Weneg.
context_section_description: Egyptologist Jochem Kahl argues that Weneg was the same person as king Raneb, the second ruler of the 2nd dynasty. He points to a vessel fragment made from an igneous material, which was found in the tomb of king Peribsen (a later ruler of the 2nd dynasty) at Abydos. He believed he had found on the pot sherd weak, but clear, traces of the weneg flower beneath the inscribed name of king Ninetjer. On the right side of Ninetjer's name the depiction of the Ka house of king Raneb is partially preserved. The complete arrangement led Kahl to the conclusion that the weneg flower and Raneb's name were connected to each other and king Ninetjer later replaced the inscription. Kahl also points out that king Ninetjer wrote his name mirrored, so that his name points in the opposite direction to Raneb's name. Kahl's theory is the subject of continuing debate since the vessel inscription is badly damaged and thus leaves plenty of room for varying interpretations.
caption: BM EA 35556, the stone vessel used by Jochem Kahl to equate Weneg with Raneb.[6]
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