Nikaure
| Nikaure | |
|---|---|
| Vizier of Egypt | |
| Tenure | c. 2530 BC |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Nikanebti |
| Issue |
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| Father | Khafre |
| Mother | Persenet |
| Nikaure in hieroglyphs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikaure N(j) kꜣ.w Rꜥ The Ka of Re-associated forces | ||||
Nikaure (fl. c. 2530 BC[1]) was an ancient Egyptian prince and vizier during the 4th Dynasty, likely under Menkaure. His titles include king's eldest son of his body (sA-nswt n Xt=f), as well as chief justice and vizier (smsw tAjtj sAb TAtj).[2]
Family
[edit]Nikaure was a son of King Khafre and Queen Persenet.[3] His wife was named Nikanebti. She was a priestess of Hathor, Mistress of the Sycamore in all her places.[4]
In Nikaure's tomb, a will outlining his legacy is preserved. The will is dated to the "year of the twelfth occurrence of the numbering of large and small cattle (year 24 of Khafre).[1] Nikaure leaves property to his wife Nikanebti, his son Nikaure, his daughter Hetepheres, and his son Ka-en-nebti-wer. The property that would have gone to a (presumably) deceased daughter reverts to Nikaure's wife Nikanebti.[5]
Tomb
[edit]Nikaure's tomb is LG 87 in Giza using the numbering introduced by Karl Lepsius.[4] It is also given the designation G 8158, and is located in the Central Field which is part of the Giza Necropolis.[2]
Sources
[edit]- ^ a b Verner, Miroslav. "Contemporaneous Evidence for the Relative Chronology of Dyns. 4 and 5." In Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David A. Warburton, eds. Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2006, p. 134.
- ^ a b Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Archived October 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3.
- ^ a b Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings; Part III
- ^ Breasted, James H. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest, Collected Edited and Translated with Commentary, Vol. 1: The First to the Seventeenth Dynasties. Ancient Records. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1906, pp. 88-90.