Nebka

Nebka (meaning "Lord of the ka") is the throne name of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Third Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period, in the 27th century BCE. He is thought to be identical with the Hellenized name Νεχέρωχις (Necherôchis or Necherôphes) recorded by the Egyptian priest Manetho of the much later Ptolemaic period.

Key facts

Pharaoh.name: Nebka
Pharaoh.alt_name: Necherôchis, Necherôphes, likely identical with Sanakht
Pharaoh.image: Abydos KL 03-01 n15.jpg
Pharaoh.caption: Cartouche name of Nebka on the Abydos King List
Pharaoh.reign: duration uncertain in the 27th century BCE, possibly six years if identical with Sanakht, 19 years according to the Turin Canon, 28 years following Africanus' epithome of the Aegytiaca.
Pharaoh.dynasty: Third Dynasty
Pharaoh.predecessor: Sekhemkhet (most likely), Khaba or Khasekhemwy (less likely)
Pharaoh.successor: Khaba (most likely), Huni or Djoser (less likely)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Occupation: statesperson
Position held: pharaoh

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time period: Third Dynasty of Egypt
date of birth: 2500-00-00

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Nebka's name is otherwise recorded from the near contemporaneous tomb of a priest of his cult as well as in a possible cartouche from Beit Khallaf, later New Kingdom king lists and in a story of the Westcar Papyrus. If the Beit Khallaf seal impression is indeed a cartouche of Nebka, then he is the earliest king to have thus recorded his throne name, otherwise this innovation can be ascribed to Huni.

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