Neferkaure II
Sign in to saveNeferkaure (died 2163 BC) was a king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. According to the Abydos King List and the latest reconstruction of the Turin canon by Kim Ryholt, he was the 15th king of the Eighth Dynasty. This opinion is shared by the Egyptologists Jürgen Beckerath, Thomas Schneider, and Darell Baker. As a king of the Eighth Dynasty, Neferkaure's seat of power was Memphis and he may not have held power over all of Egypt.
Key facts
- Pharaoh.name
- Neferkaure
- Pharaoh.alt_name
- Neferkawre, Kha[bau?]
- Pharaoh.Image
- Abydos KL 07-15 n54.jpg
- Pharaoh.Caption
- The cartouche of Neferkaure on the Abydos King List
- Pharaoh.prenomen
- NeferkaureNfr k3.w RˁPerfect are the Kas of Ra
- Pharaoh.prenomen_hiero
- N5-nfr-D28:Z2
- Pharaoh.horus
- Kha[bau?]Ḫ3-[...]The soul of...
- Pharaoh.horus_hiero
- N28-HASH
- Pharaoh.predecessor
- Qakare Ibi
- Pharaoh.Dynasty
- 8th Dynasty
- Pharaoh.death_date
- c. 2163 BC
- Pharaoh.Reign
- Around 4 years and 2 months, c. 2167 – c. 2163 BC
- Pharaoh.Predecessor
- Possibly Ibi
- Pharaoh.Successor
- Possibly Khuwihapi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Egypt
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- pharaoh
- Family
- Eighth Dynasty of Egypt
- Noble title
- pharaoh
- Image
- Abydos KL 07-15 n54.jpg
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- date of death
- 2200-00-00
- date of birth
- 2150-00-00
- name in hiero markup
- N28-HASH
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Neferkaure (died 2163 BC) was a king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. According to the Abydos King List and the latest reconstruction of the Turin canon by Kim Ryholt, he was the 15th king of the Eighth Dynasty. This opinion is shared by the Egyptologists Jürgen Beckerath, Thomas Schneider, and Darell Baker. As a king of the Eighth Dynasty, Neferkaure's seat of power was Memphis and he may not have held power over all of Egypt.
==Attestations== Neferkaure is named on the 54th entry of the Abydos King List, a king list redacted some 900 years after the First Intermediate Period during the reign of Seti I. Neferkaure's name is lost in a lacuna of the Turin canon affecting column 5, line 11 of the document. The length of Neferkaure's reign is nonetheless preserved with "4 years and 2 months".
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