| Predynastic period | Early Dynastic | Old Kingdom | First Intermediate | Middle Kingdom | Second Intermediate | New Kingdom | Third Intermediate | Late period | Graeco-Roman period |
| Predynastic period | Early Dynastic | Old Kingdom | First Intermediate | Middle Kingdom | Second Intermediate | New Kingdom | Third Intermediate | Late period | Graeco-Roman period |
Semerkhet ("thoughtful friend"). Semerkhet seems to have had a really bad time. Manetho notes that there were numerous disasters, but he alleges that these were due to the fact he was a usurper. He scrubbed Anedjib's name from some artifacts, and his own name is omitted from the Saqqara Kings List. However, he did get a much bigger tomb than Anedjib despite his short reign (estimated between 9 and 18 years).
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| Semerkhet's Nebti name, Iri (unconfirmed) |
| Nomen; Semsem (from the Turin list) |
| Nomen; Semsu (speculative, from the Abydos kings list) |
