Djet
Africanus: Uenephês Eusebius: Uenephês, Vavenephis
Serekh containing the name of Djet, on display at the Louvre
Pharaoh of Egypt
Reign	unknown,  1st Dynasty
Predecessor	Djer
Successor	Den
Royal titulary Horus name: Djet
Burial	Tomb Z, Cemetery B, Umm el-Qa'ab

Djet, also known as Wadj, Zet and Uadji (in Greek possibly the king known as Uenephes), c. 2920 BC, was the third Egyptian king of the first dynasty. His name means serpent.

Little is known about his reign, but he has become famous because of the survival in well-preserved form of one of his artistically refined tomb steles. It is carved in relief with Djet's Horus name, and shows that the distinct Egyptian style had already become fully developed. His reign was listed in the lost or destroyed sections of the Palermo Stone.

Further reading

• Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, Routledge, London/New York 1999, ISBN 0-415-18633-1, 73-74
• Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt: The Palermo Stone and Its Associated Fragments, (Kegan Paul International), 2000.

See also

• Pharaoh
• List of Pharaohs
• First dynasty of Egypt

External links

• Egyptian kings: Djet
• Ivory Image: King Djet Comb-(with Ankh, Was-staffs, Solar barge, etc.); Article

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