Editing Djer (section)

== Family ==
{{see also|First Dynasty of Egypt family tree}}
[[File:Djer Stone Vase.jpg|thumb|100px|Stone vase bearing the serekh of Djer, [[National Archaeological Museum (France)]].]]

Djer was a son of the pharaoh [[Hor-Aha]] and his wife [[Khenthap]].{{fact|date=August 2023}} His grandfather was probably [[Narmer]]. Djer fathered [[Merneith]], wife of [[Djet]] and mother of [[Den (pharaoh)|Den]]. Women carrying titles later associated with queens such as ''Great One of the Hetes-Sceptre'' and ''She who Sees/Carries Horus'' were buried in subsidiary tombs near the tomb of Djer in [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] or attested in Saqqara. These women are thought to be the wives of Djer and include:

* [[Nakhtneith]] (or Nekhetneith), buried in [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] and known from a stela.<ref name="Grajetzki">W. Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary</ref><ref name="DH">Dodson and Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2004</ref>
* [[Herneith]], possibly a wife of Djer. Buried in Saqqara.<ref name="DH" />
* [[Seshemetka]], buried in [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] next to the king.<ref>W. M. Flinders Petrie: ''The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties, 1901'', Part II, London 1901, pl. XXVII, 96</ref> She was said to be a wife of Den in Dodson and Hilton.<ref name="DH" />
* [[Penebui]], her name and title were found on an ivory label from Saqqara.<ref name="Grajetzki"/>
* ''bsu'', known from a label in Saqqara and several [[Stone vessels in Ancient Egypt|stone vessels]] (reading of name uncertain; name consists of three fish hieroglyphs).<ref name="Grajetzki" />