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Semerkhet

Egyptian pharaoh
Person Human Q151805

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
3000 BC
Date of death
2910 BC
Country of citizenship
Ancient Egypt[7]
Occupation
sovereign
Position held
pharaoh[8]
Father
Anedjib[4]
Mother
Betrest[5]
Child
Qa'a[6]
Sibling
Qa'a[16]
Family
First Dynasty of Egypt[10]
Name in hiero markup
-S29-U23-F32, A21A, M23:X1-L2:X1-V10A-S29-G17-S29-G17-V11A-G7, M23:X1-L2:X1-A21A[17][18][19][20]
Noble title
pharaoh[11]
Replaced by
Qa'a[13]
Replaces
Anedjib[12]
Time period
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt, First Dynasty of Egypt[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Semerkhet ar سمر خت cs Semerchet cs Semsu cs Semempsés de Semerkhet el Μέμψης es Semerjet es Semerkhet fa سمرخت fr Horus Semerkhet fr Horus Sémerkhet fr Semerkhet fr Sémerkhet he סמרח'ת hu Szemerkhet ja セメルケト ko 세메르케트 nl Semerkhet ru Семерхет
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Semerkhet Vase.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/07_jyn
Joconde epoch ID
T93-156
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtSDu0XtcIYU
Rodovid ID
175649
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae ID
6OQR45RINVBEXKRXU67UUYG5WI

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🔗 Connections
Parent of 2
Anedjib, Betrest
Time period 2
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt, First Dynasty of Egypt
Child 1
Qa'a
Children (paternal) 1
Qa'a
Country of citizenship 1
Ancient Egypt
Family 1
First Dynasty of Egypt
Father 1
Anedjib
Instance of 1
human
Mother 1
Betrest
Noble title 1
pharaoh
Occupation 1
sovereign
Position held 1
pharaoh
Replaced by 1
Qa'a
Replaces 1
Anedjib
Sex or gender 1
male
← Replaced by 1
Anedjib
← Replaces 1
Qa'a
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Summary

Semerkhet was born on January 1, 3000 BC[1]. He died in 2910 BC[2]. He worked as a sovereign[3].

FAQs

Who were Semerkhet's parents?

Semerkhet's father was Anedjib[4]. Semerkhet's mother was Betrest[5].

What did Semerkhet do for work?

Semerkhet worked as sovereign[3].

Related Entities

Anedjib Qa'a

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · 日巫女 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sibling → Qa'a
    "Created claim: Sibling: Qa'a, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790966500855"
  2. 11w ago · Veristune · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Qa'a
    Time period → Early Dynastic Period of Egypt, First Dynasty of Egypt
    Occupation → sovereign
    Replaces → Anedjib
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Date of death: 2910 BCE"
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