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== Tomb == [[File:Djer stela retouched.jpg|thumb|Tomb stela of Djer]] Similarly to his father Hor-Aha, Djer was buried in [[Umm el-Qa'ab]] at [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]]. Djer's tomb is tomb O of Petrie. His tomb contains the remains of 318 retainers who were buried with him.<ref>Thomas Kühn: ''Die Königsgräber der 1. & 2. Dynastie in Abydos.'' In: ''Kemet.'' Issue 1, 2008.</ref> At some point, Djer's tomb was devastated by fire, possibly as early as the [[Second Dynasty of Egypt|Second Dynasty]].<ref name="Encyclo-p93">{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs Volume 1: Predynastic to the Twentieth DYnasty 3300-1069 BC|first=Darrell D.|last=Baker|publisher=The American University in Cairo Press|place=Egypt|year=2008|page=93}}</ref> During the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]], the tomb of Djer was revered as the tomb of [[Osiris]],<ref name="Encyclo-p93"/> and the entire First Dynasty burial complex, which includes the tomb of Djer, was very important in the Egyptian religious tradition. An image of Osiris on a funerary [[bier]] was placed in the tomb, possibly by the [[Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt|Thirteenth dynasty]] pharaoh [[Djedkheperu]].<ref name="Encyclo-p93"/> Several objects were found in and around the tomb of Djer:<ref name="ReferenceA">B. Porter and R.L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, V. Upper Egypt: Sites. Oxford, 1937</ref> * A stela of Djer, now in the [[Cairo Museum]], probably comes from [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]]. * Labels mentioning the name of a palace and the name of [[Meritneith]]. * Fragments of two vases inscribed with the name of Queen [[Neithhotep]]. * Bracelets of a Queen were found in the wall of the tomb. In the subsidiary tombs, excavators found objects including stelae representing several individuals, ivory objects inscribed with the name of [[Neithhotep]], and various ivory tablets.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Manetho indicates that the First Dynasty ruled from [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] – and indeed [[Herneith]], one of Djer's wives, was buried nearby at [[Saqqara]].
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