- History -

Even less is known about Sekhemkhet's possible successor, Khaba. In the Turin King-list, this king, whose name has been marked as "erased", is credited with a reign of a mere 6 years. The fact that his name was marked as "erased" in the Turin King-list may perhaps indicate some dynastic problems. It may also be that the composer of the Turin King-list was unable to read the name.

Khaba built his funerary monument in Zawyet el-Aryan, about 7 km north of Saqqara. It was left unfinished at an early stage of its building.

Titulary

• Horus-name

Hr xa bA

Horus, Khaba ("Horus, the Ba appears")

• Golden name

bik nbw

The golden falcon (?)

• Kinglists

It is possible that the "Hudjefa" of the Turin King-list refers to Khaba. "Hudjefa" means that the chroniclers who composed the list had a lacuna in their sources and that the name of the king was lost.

Hw DfA

Hudjefa.

• Manetho

Neither Africanus not Eusebius have recorded a name that can be related to Khaba or to Hudjefa. Eusebius merely notes that the remaining kings after Djoser haven't achieved anything worth mentioning.

• Alternative names in modern-day literature

Horus-Khaba, Chaba, Horus-Chaba