Ankhesenpepi IV
Ankhesenpepi IV | |
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| Resting place | Pyramid in Pepi II |
| Children | Neferkare |
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| Ankhesenpepi in hieroglyphs | ||||||||||||||
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| Era: Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC) | ||||||||||||||
Ankhesenpepi IV was an
Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty. She was the mother of a crown prince Neferkare.[1]
Pepi II also had several other wives.
Titles
Her titles were: King’s Mother of Ankh-djed-Neferkare (mwt-niswt-‘nkh-djd-nfr-k3-r’), Mother of the Dual King (mwt-niswt-biti), King’s Wife of Men-ankh-Neferkare (ḥmt-niswt-mn-‘nḫ-nfr-k3-r’), King’s Wife, his beloved (ḥmt-niswt mryt.f), This God’s Daughter (z3t-nṯr-tw), Foster Child of Wadjet (sḏtit-w3ḏt).[2]
Tomb
Ankhesenpepi IV was buried in Saqqara.[3] Apparently they lacked the appropriate resources for a burial, since she did not have a pyramid built for her. Her sarcophagus, which was made of reused stone, was found in a storeroom belonging to the mortuary temple of Queen Iput II.[4]
References
- ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.76
- ^ Grajetzki, Wolfram Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary p. 26
- ^ Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt
- ^ Grajetzki, p. 26