Neferkare II.

Name of Neferkare II.

Throne name

Nefer-ka-Re
Nfr-k3-Rˁ
With beautiful Ka , a Re

Turin Royal Papyrus

Nefer-ka
Nfr-k3

List of Kings of Abydos (Seti I) (No.42)

Nefer-ka-Re
Nfr-k3-Rˁ
With beautiful Ka, a Re

Neferkare II , also Nefer-ka-Re , was an ancient Egyptian king ( pharaoh ) of the 8th Dynasty ( First Intermediate Period ).

Domination

It is documented in the list of kings in the Seti I temple in Abydos , No. 42. Jürgen von Beckerath , however, suspects a prescription for “ Wadj-Ka-Re ”.

Remarks

In Thomas Schneider's Lexicon of Pharaohs , on the one hand, Neferkare II is described as a prescription for Wadj-Ka-Re (Jürgen von Beckerath), on the other hand, Neferirkare II.

literature

Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300-1069 BC). Bannerstone Press, Oakville 2008, ISBN 978-0-9774094-4-0 , p. 265.
Jürgen von Beckerath : Handbook of the Egyptian king names. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-422-00832-2 .
Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronology of the pharaonic Egypt. von Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-2310-7 .
Hratch Papazian : The State of Egypt in the Eighth Dynasty. In: Peter Der Manuelian , Thomas Schneider (Eds.): Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom. Perspectives on the Pyramid Age (= Harvard Egyptological Studies. Volume 1). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2015, ISBN 978-90-04-30188-7 , pp. 393-428.
Thomas Schneider: Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 .

Individual evidence

^ Alan H. Gardiner : The Royal Canon of Turin. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3 , illustration 2; The presentation of the entry in the Turin papyrus, which differs from the usual syntax for hieroboxes, is based on the fact that open cartridges were used in the hieratic . The alternating time-missing-time presence of certain name elements is due to material damage in the papyrus.

predecessor	Office	successor
Menkare	Pharaoh of Egypt 8th Dynasty	Neferkare Nebi

personal data
SURNAME	Neferkare II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nefer-ka-Re
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient egyptian king
DATE OF BIRTH	23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr.

[1] Alan H. Gardiner : The Royal Canon of Turin. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3 , illustration 2; The presentation of the entry in the Turin papyrus, which differs from the usual syntax for hieroboxes, is based on the fact that open cartridges were used in the hieratic . The alternating time-missing-time presence of certain name elements is due to material damage in the papyrus.