Editing Djer (section)

{{Short description|First-dynasty pharaoh of Egypt}}
{{Infobox pharaoh
| name = Djer
| alt_name = Zher, Sekhty
| image = Djer cylinder seal.png
| image_alt = Cylinder seal impression depicting Djer wearing the [[Hedjet]] and [[Deshret]] crowns
| caption = Cylinder seal impression depicting Djer before canine standards wearing the [[Hedjet]] and [[Deshret]] crowns and holding the flail
| role =
| reign = 41 years, {{circa|3000 BC}}
| dynasty = [[First Dynasty of Egypt|First Dynasty]]
| coregency =
| predecessor = [[Hor-Aha]] or [[Menes]]
| successor = [[Djet]]
| notes =
| prenomen = '''[[Abydos King List]]'''<br>Itetj<br/>''Jttj''<br/>''A ruler''<br/><hiero><-M17-X1-U33-></hiero><br>'''[[Turin King List]]'''<br>It...<br/>''Jtj...''<br/>''...damaged...''<br/><hiero><-M17-X1-HASH->-G7</hiero><br>'''[[Palermo stone|Cairo stone]]'''<br>Itetj<br/>''Jttj''<br/>''The ruler has come''<br><hiero><-M17-U33-X1:Z4-></hiero>
| prenomen_hiero =
| nomen = 
| nomen_hiero =
| horus = Djer<br/>''ḏr''<br/>''Defender (of Horus)''<br>{{Infobox pharaoh/Serekh|Horus=<hiero>:M37</hiero>|
|prefix=<hiero>G5</hiero>}}
| horus_hiero = 
| horus_prefix = 
| nebty =
| nebty_hiero =
| golden = Nynebu<br>''nj-nbw''<Br>He who belongs to the Golden One
| golden_hiero = <hiero>n:nbw</hiero>

| spouse = [[Nakhtneith]], [[Herneith]], [[Penebui]]
| children = [[Merneith]], [[Djet]] ?
| father = [[Hor-Aha]]
| mother = [[Khenthap]] ?, [[Neithhotep]] ?
| birth_date =
| death_date =
| burial = Tomb O, [[Umm el-Qa'ab]]
| monuments =
}}

'''Djer''' (or '''Zer''' or '''Sekhty'''; {{fl.|{{circa}} 3000 BC}})<ref>{{cite book|last1=Trigger|first1=Bruce|authorlink1=Bruce Trigger|title=Ancient Egypt: A Social History|date=1983|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521284271|page=70}}</ref> is considered the third [[pharaoh]] of the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First Dynasty]] of [[ancient Egypt]] in current [[Egyptology]]. He lived around the mid [[31st century BC]]<ref>{{cite book |first1=Nicolas |last1=Grimal |title=A History of Ancient Egypt |year=1994 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=0-631-19396-0 |page=528 }}</ref> and reigned for c. 40 years. A mummified forearm of Djer or his wife was discovered by Egyptologist [[Flinders Petrie]],<ref>W. M. Flinders Petrie: The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties, 1901, Part II, London 1901, p.16-17</ref> but was discarded by [[Émile Brugsch]].<ref>Salima Ikram and Aidan Dodson, The Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity, Thames & Hudson, 1998, p. 109</ref>