Shery held the title “ overseer of all wab-priests of king Peribsen in the necropolis of king Senedj ”, “ Great one of the ten of Upper Egypt ” and “ god ´ s servant of Senedj ”.

This theory is questioned by Helck and Hermann A. Schlögl, who point to the clay seals of king Sekhemib found in the entrance area of Peribsen ´ s tomb, which might prove that Sekhemib buried Peribsen, not Senedj.

The seals and vessels were found in Peribsen ´ s tomb and at Elephantine.

A cylinder seal of unknown provenance shows Peribsen ´ s name inside a cartouche and gives the epithet Merj-netjeru (“ beloved of the gods ”).

This arrangement leads Egyptologists and archaeologists to the conclusion that the seal must be of a much later date, because the royal cartouche was not yet in use during Peribsen ´ s lifetime.

Another seal of the same material shows Peribsen ´ s name without a cartouche and with the royal title Nisut-Bity (“ king of Lower-and Upper Egypt ”).

Seal impressions found in the tomb of Peribsen at Abydos, show several deities such as Ash, Min and Bastet, which were venerated during Peribsen ´ s time as king.

These civil wars could have been a reason why later king lists excluded Peribsen ´ s name.

It might have happened at the beginning of Peribsen ´ s rule or shortly before.

This theory is based on Seth being a deity of Thinite origin, which would explain Peribsen ´ s choice: his name changing may have been nothing more than smart political ( and religious ) propaganda.

Seal impression from Peribsen ´ s tomb with the first complete sentence in Egyptian history

One official from Peribsen ´ s reign is known to Egyptologists by his stela: Nefer-Setekh (" Seth is beautiful ").

Peribsen ´ s tomb at Abydos, in the background the Great Enclosure of king Khasekhemwy is visible

The tomb was already plundered by tomb robbers during antiquity, but numerous stone vessels and earthen jars from Peribsen ´ s reign were found, some of the stone vessels had copper-coated rims.

Close to Peribsen ´ s tomb a royal funerary enclosure made of mud bricks was found.

Clay seals with Peribsen ´ s serekh name on them were found near the eastern entrance and inside a destroyed offering shrine.

The findings support the view that the building was part of Peribsen ´ s burial site.

They were found in the entrance of Peribsen ´ s tomb at Abydos, in the underground galleries beneath the step pyramid of ( 3rd dynasty ) king Djoser at Sakkara and on the Isle of Elephantine.

The change of the deity image on a serekh was significant because while the king ’ s name sometimes appeared in a serekh without an image of a deity above, no deity other than Horus was so far known to occur on the serekh until the reign of Peribsen.

Due to evidence that Peribsen ’ s stelae were exposed to erasure of the Seth animals, it has been inferred that whatever reasons Peribsen had for substituting his falcon failed to win acceptance among future generations after Khasekhemwy.

This led to a slight alteration in the structure of the serekh, solely during the reigns of Peribsen and Khasekhemwy.

When the name Peribsen, who was the penultimate king of the Second Dynasty, was written in a serekh, it was surmounted, not by the usual Horus falcon, but by the Seth animal, a hound or jackal-like creature with a wide, straight tail.

Peribsen ( also known as Seth-Peribsen and Ash-Peribsen ) is the serekh name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 2nd dynasty.

A dish inscribed with the name and titles of Qa ' a was discovered in the tomb of Peribsen ( Tomb P of Petrie ).

There are a couple of cases in which the Horus name appears without serekhs, and only Peribsen and Khasekhemwy have serekhs without the Horus name.

These changes occurred merely during the Second Dynasty and are viewed as an exception to the typical use of the Horus name as is evidenced by the continued use of Horus in the serekhs of the Egyptian kings before and after Peribsen and Khasekhemwy.

A large number of artifacts bearing his name were also found in the tomb of king Peribsen at Abydos and in the galleries beneath the step pyramid of king Djoser.

This is still the subject of debate and investigations as to why Peribsen chose this name.

Since Peribsen is known for his unusual name, Egyptologists and historians have sought to understand the possible motivations that made Peribsen change his name.

The theory of a " heretic Peribsen " was based on the observation that the name “ Peribsen ” was excluded from later king lists and that the king's tomb was destroyed and plundered.

The inscription on the false door connects the name of Peribsen in one sentence with another king, Senedj.

Thus they had difficulty coming up with a more robust explanation for the change in name by Peribsen.

The earlier theories of Newberry, Černý and Grdseloff also held that the Egyptian state under Peribsen was suffering from several civil wars, which broke out when the king changed his name or were caused by economic problems.

Egyptologists such as Walter Bryan Emery, Kathryn A. Bard and Flinders Petrie believe that Peribsen was identical to the king Sekhemib-Perenmaat, a ruler that had connected his name with the falcon-god Horus and who definitely ruled during 2nd dynasty.

The false door inscription of Shery might indicate that Peribsen is identical with king Senedj (" Senedj " means " the frightening "″) and that this name was used in the king lists, for the seth name was not allowed to be mentioned.

Loveless reveals his intention of unleashing the power of Set, the Egyptian God of Evil and Chaos, whom it was believed Peribsen was aligned with.

Peribsen thus made a visual statement that he was the earthly embodiment of Seth.

The importance of Seth in the reign of Peribsen was also reflected in a sealing of the king from Abydos.

It appears as though Seth was adopted by Peribsen as his personal deity.

If Egypt was already divided when Senedj gained the throne, kings like Sekhemib and Peribsen would have ruled Upper Egypt, whilst Senedj and his successors, Neferka ( ra ) and Hudjefa I, would have ruled Lower Egypt.

He points to a vessel fragment made of volcanic ash, which was found in the tomb of king Peribsen ( a later ruler during the 2nd dynasty ) at Abydos.

He points to a vessel fragment made from an igneous material, which was found in the tomb of king Peribsen ( a later ruler of 2nd dynasty ) at Abydos.

If Egypt was already divided when Senedj gained the throne, kings like Sekhemib and Peribsen would have ruled Upper Egypt, whilst Senedj and his successors, Neferka ( ra ) and Hudjefa I, would have ruled Lower Egypt.

However, Peribsen did not choose the traditional royal protector Horus, but instead chose the deity Seth, who was also popular in early dynasties, but became unpopular during the First Intermediate Period.

An old theory, supported by Egyptologists such as Percy Newberry and Jaroslav Černý once held that Peribsen was a heretic who sought to introduce a new form of state religion to Egypt, similar to the actions of a much later ( 18th dynasty ) pharaoh, Akhenaten, who had required Egyptians to serve only one god ( in his case the sun-god Aten ).