Neferkare (9th dynasty): Difference between revisions

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| name = Neferkare VII

| alt_name = Neferkare VII, Kaneferre(?)

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| reign = c. 2140 BCE

| dynasty = [[9th Dynasty]]

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| predecessor = [[Meryibre Khety]] (not directly)

| successor = [[Nebkaure Khety]]

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| prenomen = Neferkare<br>''nfr-k3-rˁ''<br>''Beautiful is the [[Egyptian soul#Ka|ka]] of [[Ra]]''

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'''Neferkare VII''' was the third [[pharaoh]] of the [[Ninth Dynasty of Egypt]] of [[ancient Egypt]], ca. 2140 BCE (during the [[First Intermediate Period]]), according to the [[Turin King List]] where his name, Neferkare, is inscribed in the register 4.20.

Neferkare is not included on the [[Abydos King List]] or the [[Saqqara King List]], nor can the existence of his reign be positively confirmed through archaeological finds.<ref name=cah>[[William C. Hayes]], in ''[[The Cambridge Ancient History]]'', vol 1, part 2, 1971 (2008), Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|0-521-077915}}, pp.&nbsp;464–465.</ref>

The [[Prenomen (Ancient Egypt)|prenomen]] "Neferkare" suggests he considered himself a legitimate successor of [[Pepi II Neferkare]] of the [[Sixth Dynasty]], much like the many namesake [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphite]] kings of the [[Eighth Dynasty of Egypt|Eighth Dynasty]]. In some literature he is called "Neferkare VII" because he likely was the seventh king to bear this name, although many of his predecessors are now called by a combination of their prenomen and [[Nomen (Ancient Egypt)|nomen]] (for example, [[Neferkare Neby]], or [[Neferkare Pepiseneb]]).

This otherwise unattested ruler of [[Herakleopolis Magna]] has been controversially identified by various scholars with a king named ''Ka-nefer-re'', who is mentioned in an obscure and isolated tomb inscription of [[Ankhtifi]], the pro-Herakleopolite [[nomarch]] of [[Hieraconpolis]] and prince of [[El-Mo'alla]], about {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]].<ref name=cah/><br>

If Neferkare and Kaneferre were the same pharaoh, his authority is sometimes presumed from Ankhtifi's inscription to have extended at least over [[Elephantine]], [[Edfu]] and Hieraconpolis, the capitals of the first three ''[[nome (Egypt)|nomoi]]'' of [[Upper Egypt]]. However, the inscription in question simply states "[[Horus]] brings/brought (or may Horus bring) a (good) inundation for his son Ka-nefer-Re." Uncertainty about the verb tense in the inscription has led to disagreement among various scholars as to whether this named pharaoh would have ruled in Ankhtifi's youth, or at the time of the events he describes, or indeed if it were not a king before Ankhtifi's time, who had ruled toward the end of the Old Kingdom from Memphis.<ref name=cah/>

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