Nikaure

Nikaure in hieroglyphics
Nikaure (Ni kau Re) N (j) k3.w Rˁ The Ka forces belonging to Re

Nikaure was a prince of the ancient Egyptian 4th Dynasty . Presumably during the reign of Pharaoh Mykerinos he held the office of vizier and was thus the highest official after the king.

Origin and family

Nikaure's parents cannot be determined with certainty. Because of the location of his tomb, he is widely believed to be the son of Pharaoh Chephren . Queen Persenet is considered his mother because her grave is right next to his. The wife and descendants of Nikaure are only known by mentioning them in his grave. His wife was named Nikanebti and was a priestess of the goddesses Hathor and Neith . This marriage had four children: a son named Nikaure and two daughters named Hetepheres and Nikanebti; the name of the fourth child has not been preserved.

tomb

Nikaure owns the rock grave LG 87 on the Central Field in Giza . It consists of two main rooms (a and b), which are one behind the other. In contrast to room a, room b is extended to the west. A smaller room branches off to the west of room a, which was probably not provided for in the original building concept and was only built later. From room b two shafts lead into the underground sarcophagus chamber. In it is an unmarked limestone - sarcophagus .

literature

• Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , pp. 481–482 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
• Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, pp. 52-61, ISBN 977-424-878-3
• Peter Jánosi : Giza in the 4th dynasty. The building history and occupancy of a necropolis in the Old Kingdom. Volume I: The mastabas of the core cemeteries and the rock graves . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005, pp. 368–372 ISBN 3700132441 , ( PDF; 8.9 MB )
• Karl Richard Lepsius : Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia . Text I, pp. 104–106 ( PDF; 19 MB )
• Karl Richard Lepsius: Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia . First section, volume 1, p. 28 ( PDF; 19 MB )
• Bertha Porter, Rosalind LB Moss: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. III. Memphis . 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1974, pp. 232–233 ( PDF 30.5 MB )