It is the last king
of the dynasty
0 or the first of the 1st dynasty. Khenti-Amentiu,
god of Abydos, is the only god dog who is mentioned from the reign of
Narmer (toward
3150 A.D.). His name means "the one that is in the front
of the Westerners", and evoke the place
where was constructed the big necropolis. He indicates the dead and deified king. He appears on
the face a of the palette, preceding
the royal placenta: the
passage to the beyond is
followed thus by a rebirth.