Neferkahor
| Neferkahor | ||||||||||||||||||
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 The cartouche of Neferkahor on theAbydos King List. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Neferkare Tereru? | |||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Neferkare Pepiseneb? | |||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | Eighth Dynasty? | |||||||||||||||||
Neferkahormay have beenancient Egyptianpharaohof theEighth Dynastyduring theFirst Intermediate Period.[1]According to EgyptologistsJürgen von Beckerathand Darrell Baker, he was the eleventh king of this dynasty.[2][1] His name is attested on theAbydos King List(number 50) and on a blacksteatitecylinder sealof unknown provenance.[3]Neferkahor is absent from theTurin canonas a large lacuna in this document affects most kings of the 7th/8th Dynasty.[4]No contemporary document or building with his name has been found.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^abDarrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I - Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC, Stacey International,ISBN978-1-905299-37-9,2008, p. 261-262
- ^Jürgen von Beckerath:Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (Münchner ägyptologische Studien),1984
- ^Peter Kaplony,Die Rollsiegel des Alten Reichs.vol. II:Katalog der Rollsiegel.pl. 144.
- ^Kim Ryholt:The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-list and the Identity of Nitocris,Zeitschrift für ägyptische, 127, 2000, p. 91
- ^Thomas Schneider:Lexikon der Pharaonen.Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002,ISBN3-491-96053-3,p. 114.
- ^Jürgen von Beckerath:Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen.Deutscher Kunstverlag,München/ Berlin 1984,ISBN3-422-00832-2,p. 48, 186.
External links[edit]
- First Intermediate Period on Digital Egypt for Universities,Accessed April 19, 2014