Reign
There is not much information left about Qa'a´s reign, but it seems that he reigned for a long time (around 33 years). Several stone vessel inscriptions mention a second Sed festival for Qa'a which points to at least 33 years of reign. Indeed, the first festival is usually not celebrated before 30 years of reign, and subsequent festivals can be repeated every third year. The Cairo Stone inscription only mention the usual cultic events that were celebrated under every king and the numerous ivory tags dating to his reign also mention only typical arrangements, such as depicting and counting burial offerings and personal posessings of the king. Several mastaba tombs of high officials date into Qa'a´s reign: Merka (S3505), Henuka (burial unknown), Neferef (burial also unknown) and Sabef (buried in the royal necropolis of Qa'a).
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