Memphite line of kings

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The Memphite line of kings refers to a succession of pharaohs who ruled from the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, particularly during periods of political fragmentation such as the Eighth Dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf royal dynasty
succession of rulers
associatedDynasty Eighth Dynasty of Egypt
Seventh Dynasty of Egypt (traditional, possibly fictitious)
associatedWithCity Memphis
associatedWithSite Memphis necropolis region (Saqqara and surroundings)
linked to: Saqqara necropolis
capital Memphis
centerOfAdministration Memphis
characterizedBy competition with regional rulers in other parts of Egypt
limited territorial control compared to earlier Old Kingdom pharaohs
short and poorly documented reigns
chronologicalPosition after the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
before the rise of Herakleopolitan rulers of the Ninth and Tenth Dynasties
chronologyApproximate late 3rd millennium BCE
country Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalContinuityWith Old Kingdom royal traditions
governmentType monarchy
hasUncertainMembers several kings with poorly preserved or lost names
historicalStatus better known from later textual king lists
poorly attested in contemporary archaeological evidence
knownFromSource Abydos King List
Turin Royal Canon
later king lists compiled in the New Kingdom
language Egyptian language
legitimacyBasis traditional pharaonic kingship ideology
locatedIn Lower Egypt
notableIssueInScholarship debate over historicity of the Seventh Dynasty
uncertain number and order of kings
partOf history of ancient Egyptian kingship
politicalContext decline of centralized Old Kingdom authority
period of political fragmentation in Egypt
predecessorPolity Memphite Old Kingdom monarchy of the Fourth to Sixth Dynasties
regionOfInfluence Memphis and parts of Lower Egypt
linked to: Memphite region
religion ancient Egyptian religion
seatOfPower Memphis royal court
linked to: Lord of Memphis
studiedInDiscipline Egyptology
successorPolity Herakleopolitan line of kings
timePeriod First Intermediate Period of Egypt
late Old Kingdom of Egypt
titleOfRuler King of Upper and Lower Egypt
pharaoh
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs

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Eighth Dynasty of Egypt associatedWith Memphite line of kings
Herakleopolitan dynasties predecessor Memphite kings of the Old Kingdom
linked to: Memphite line of kings