Ivory label of the Pharaoh Semerkhet, circa 2900 BC. Originally a label for an oil container, it also references a religious festival in a specific year of his reign. (The Pharaonic festival became the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed_festival" class="extiw" title="en:Sed festival">en:Sed festival</a>.) EA 32668.<br>Semerkhet's 9 year reign may be from ca. 2920 to 2900(or lower?); see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pharaohs" class="extiw" title="en:List of pharaohs">en:List of pharaohs</a>.
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