Seth name

Seth name (plural Seth names)

1. (historical) a serekh name that features the figure of the god Set atop the serekh
   • 1967, Herman te Velde, Seth, God of Confusion: A Study of His Role in Egyptian Mythology and Religion (volume 6 of Probleme der Ägyptologie), page 72:

     So far as could be checked, only one king took a separate Seth name besides his Horus name. […] The Horus name of this king was Sekhemib and his Seth name was Peribsen.

   • 1983, Paul Ghalioungui, The Physicians of Pharaonic Egypt, page 88:

     After the original union, a period of scission followed under the second dynasty when pharaoh Sekhem returned to the worship of Seth and changed his Horus name to the Seth name, Peribsen.

   • 2006, The British Museum, Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt, page 42:

     The intriguing feature of the writing of Peribsen’s name here is that, on the serekh, the Horus falcon has been replaced by the animal of Seth, the enemy of Osiris; some have suggested that an otherwise little-known Second Dynasty king with the Horus name of Sekhemib could have later adopted the Seth name Peribsen.

   • 2013, Ronald J. Leprohon, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, page 29:

     Seth name: stẖ pr(w) ib.sn (per(u) ib.sen), Seth, (for whom ?) their will has come forth

• entheasm, methanes