The work has been very successful, though not perhaps quite
so completely accomplished as Prof. Petrie himself inclines to believe.
The first identification was made by Prof. Sethe, of Gottingen, who
pointed out that the names Semti and Merpeba on a vase-fragment found
by M. Amelineau were in reality those of the kings Hesepti and Merbap
of the lists, the Ousaphais and Miebis of Manetho. The perfectly certain
identifications are these:--
5. Den Semti = Hesepti, _Ousaphais_, Ist Dynasty.
6. Atjab Merpeba = Merbap, _Miebis_, Ist Dynasty.
7. Semerkha Nekht= Shemsu or Semsem (?), _Semempres_, Ist Dynasty.
8. Qa Sen = Qebh, _Bienehhes_, Ist Dynasty.
9. Khasekhemui Besh = Betju-mer (?), _Boethos_, IId Dynasty.
10. Neneter = Bineneter, _Binothris_, IId Dynasty.
Six of the Abydos kings have thus been identified with names in the
lists and in Manetho; that is to say, we now know the real names of six
of the earliest Egyptian monarchs, whose appellations are given us
under mutilated forms by the later list-makers. Prof. Petrie further
identifies (4) Tja Ati with Ateth, (3) Tjer with Teta, and (1) Aha with
Mena. Mena, Teta, Ateth, Ata, Hesepti, Merbap, Shemsu (?), and Qebh are
the names of the 1st Dynasty as given in the lists. The equivalent of
Ata Prof. Petrie finds in the name "Merneit," which is found at Umm
el-Ga'ab.
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