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Titulary

  • Horus-name

titulary_1a.gif (378 bytes) Hr dn Horus Den ("Horus who hits"). The transcription and meaning of this name are uncertain.

Den strikes down a foe Den striking down a foe. His Horus-name is written in front of him, in the serekh.

  • Nebti-name

titulary_2a.gif (396 bytes) nb.tj xAs.tj Nebti Khasti ("Nebti, the one of the desert").Den is the first king known to have used a Nebti-name.

  • King-lists

titulary_6a.gif (228 bytes) sm.tj Semti
titulary_6b.gif (302 bytes) sm.tj Semti
titulary_6c.gif (278 bytes) sp.tj Septi

All three variants encountered in the King-lists are probably based on a misinterpretation of the king's Nebti-name.

  • Manetho

Africanus: Usaphaidos

Eusebius: Usaphaïs

  • Alternative names in modern-day literature

Horus-Den, Dewen, Horus-Dewen, Udimu, Oudimou