Editing Qa'a (section)

==Attestations from tombs==
[[File:Map of the tomb of Qa'a.svg|thumb|left|200px|Map of Qa'a's tomb. Note the subsidiary burial around the main chamber.]]
Qa'a had a fairly large tomb in [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] which measures 98.5 X 75.5 feet or 30 X 23 meters.<ref>Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2006 paperback p.25; the tomb is now fully published: Eva-Maria Engel: ''Das Grab des Qa'a: Architektur und Inventar'', Wiesbaden 2017 {{ISBN|978-3447108768}}</ref> A long reign is supported by the large size of this ruler's burial site at Abydos. This tomb was excavated by German archaeologists in 1993 and proved to contain 26 satellite (i.e. sacrificial) burials. A seal impression bearing [[Hotepsekhemwy]]'s name was found near the entrance of the tomb of Qa'a (Tomb Q) by the [[German Archaeological Institute]] in the mid-1990s.<ref>G. Dreyer et al., MDAIK 52,1996, pp.71-72, fig. 25, pl. 14a</ref> The discovery of the seal impression has been interpreted as evidence that Qa'a was buried, and therefore succeeded, by [[Hotepsekhemwy]], the founder of the second dynasty of Egypt, as Manetho states. The beautiful tomb stela of Qa'a is now on display at the [[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]].

The tomb of one of Qa'a's state officials at Saqqara—a certain nobleman named Merka—contained a [[stele]] with many titles. There is a second Sed festival attested. This fact plus the high quality of a number of royal steles depicting the king implies that Qa'a's reign was a fairly stable and prosperous period of time.

A number of year labels have also been discovered dating to his reign at the First Dynasty burial site of [[Umm el-Qa'ab]] in Abydos. Qa'a is believed to have ruled Egypt around 2916 BCE. A dish inscribed with the name and titles of Qa'a was discovered in the tomb of second dynasty pharaoh [[Seth-Peribsen]] (Tomb P of Petrie).<ref>B. Porter and R.L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, V. Upper Egypt: Sites. Oxford, 1937, pg 81</ref>