Names: Peribsen, Sekhemyeb-Perenmae

Dynasty: II (2950-2700 BC) Years of reign: (? BC) Historic placing: Thinita Age 3000-2700 BC

This pharaoh’s name isn’t present in any list of kings that has reached us, but it has been found on various monuments.
In Umm el-Kacab Petrie discovered at the opposite ends of the proto-dynastic necropolis two tombs, one very small which belonged to Peribsen, and the other exceptionally long that belonged to a khasekhemui king.
Peribsen’s serekh has an unusual characteristic as it’s surmounted by Seth’s animal, instead of Horus’s usual hawk.
In Peribsen’s tomb two seals were found, which belonged to Horo Sekhemyeb and initially it was supposed that this was Peribsen’s Horo name, although this supposition was contradicted by Seth’s presence on the serekh of the best part of the seals and on two beautiful granite steles put before the sepulchral chamber. A following excavation at a small distance from the tomb unearthed the name of a king Sekhemyeb Perenmae and it was so assumed that he was Peribsen’s predecessor; later the same complete name was found on fragments from the pyramid.
Grdseloff’s hypothesis is rathe probable according to which Sekhemyeb Perenmae was Peribsen before he betrayed Horo to become Seth’s fervent follower.