Meryhathor
| Meryhathor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Meryt-Hathor, Mery-Hathor, Neferkare-Meryibre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9th Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Neferkare VIII | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | H- (possibly) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 10th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meryhathor or Meryt-Hathor,[2] was a pharaoh of the 10th Dynasty of Egypt, during the First Intermediate Period.
Identification
Regarded as the founder of the dynasty, Meryhathor should have begun his reign in c. 2130 BCE.[3][2] His name is not mentioned in the Turin King List but Djehutynakht II, a nomarch of the Hare nome residing in Hermopolis, ordered an ink graffito mentioning Meryhathor in the alabaster quarries at Hatnub: this is so far the only attestation of this king.[4]
There is a dispute regarding his name: since the "
Egyptologists who support the alternative reading also combine this king with his successor Neferkare VIII; thus, it is not uncommon to find a pharaoh Neferkare-Meryibre as the founder of the 10th Dynasty.[6]
References
- ^ Rudolph Anthes, "Die Felseninschriften von Hatnub", Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Aegyptens 9, Leipzig 1928, pl. VII.
- ^ a b Jean Vercoutter, L'Egypte jusq'à la fin du Nouvel Empire, in Pierre Lévêque, Le premieres civilisations, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1987, p. 143.
- ISBN 0-521-077915, p. 996.
- ^ William C. Hayes, op. cit., p. 470.
- ^ Royal Titulary of Mery... on Eglyphica.net (search in the Tenth Dynasty)
- ^ Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford, Blackwell Books, 1992, p. 141.