Abydos King List
The Abydos King List, also known as the Abydos Table, is a list of the names of seventy-six kings of ancient Egypt, found on a wall of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt. It consists of three rows of thirty-eight cartouches in each row. The upper two rows contain names of the kings, while the third row merely repeats Seti I's throne name and nomen.
Besides providing the order of the Old Kingdom kings, it is the sole source to date of the names of many of the kings of the Seventh and Eighth Dynasties, so the list is valued greatly for that reason.
This list omits the names of many earlier pharaohs who were apparently considered illegitimate — such as the Hyksos, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamen, and Ay.Contents of the king list
First Dynasty
Second Dynasty
Third Dynasty
Fourth Dynasty
| Cartouches 48 to 56 | n° | Name written in the list | Common name |
| 48 | Nikare | Nikare |
| 49 | Neferkare Tereru | Neferkare Tereru |
| 50 | Neferkahor | Neferkahor |
| 51 | Neferkare Pepiseneb | Neferkare Pepiseneb |
| 52 | Sneferka Anu | Neferkamin Anu |
| 53 | Kaukara | Qakare Ibi |
| 54 | Neferkaure | Neferkaure II |
| 55 | Neferkauhor | Neferkauhor |
| 56 | Neferirkare | Neferirkare |
Eleventh/Twelfth Dynasty
| Cartouches 62 to 65 | n° | Name written in the list | Common name |
| 62 | Khakheperre | Senusret II |
| 63 | Khakaure | Senusret III |
| 64 | Nimaatre | Amenemhat III |
| 65 | Maakherure | Amenemhat IV |
Eighteenth Dynasty
Nineteenth Dynasty
