Editing Nynetjer (section)

===Relative chronology===
The relative chronological position of Nynetjer as the third ruler of the early Second Dynasty and successor of Raneb is a consensus among Egyptologists.{{sfn|Reader|2017|p=75}}{{sfn|Wilkinson|2005|p=22}}{{sfn|Wilkinson|2010|p=50}}{{sfn|Wilkinson|2014|p=2}}{{sfn|Kahl|2007|p=17}}{{sfn|Vercoutter|1992|p=222}}{{sfn|Edwards|1971|p=30}}
This is directly attested by the contemporary statue of Hetepedief. The statue, uncovered in [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] and made of speckled red granite, is one of the earliest example of private Egyptian sculpture. Hetepedief was priest of the mortuary cults of the first three kings of the dynasty, whose serekhs are inscribed in seemingly chronological order on Hetepedief's right shoulder: Hotepsekhemwy, Raneb then Nynetjer.{{sfn|Fischer|1961|pp=45–46}}{{sfn|Emery|1961|p=35}}{{sfn|Edwards|1971|p=30}} Further archaeological evidences support this theory, notably stone bowls of Hotepsekhemwy and Raneb reinscribed during Nynetjer's rule.{{sfn|Petrie|Griffith|1901|p=26}}{{sfn|Kahl|2007|p=21}} Two historical sources also point to the same conclusion: the Old Kingdom royal annals, which while not preserving the identity of Nynetjer's predecessor is consistent with him not being the first king of the Second Dynasty; and the [[Turin King List|Turin canon]], a list of kings written under [[Ramses II]] ({{circa|1303 BC – 1213 BC}}) which explicitly ranks Nynetjer as the third king of his dynasty after Hotepsekhemwy and Raneb.{{sfn|Fischer|1961|p=46}}