Neferkare Pepiseneb
Neferkare Pepiseneb | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neferkare Khered Seneb, Neferkare VI | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Reign | 2181-2171 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Neferkahor | |||||||||||||||||||||
Successor | Neferkamin Anu | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Father | Neferkare II | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mother | Ankhesenpepi V | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dynasty | Eighth Dynasty |
Neferkare VI Pepiseneb was an
Attestations
The name Neferkare VI Pepiseneb is attested on the
Epithet
The epithet Khered given to Neferkare Pepiseneb in the Turin canon means "child" or "young". Consequently, "Neferkare Khered Seneb" is translated as Neferkare The Child is Healthy.[2]
Several hypotheses have been put forth by Egyptologists concerning this epiteth. Hratch Papazian proposes that the fact that the king was called Khered on the Turin canon hints at his youthful age upon ascending to the throne.[5]: 415 In reality, however, the epithet Khered always indicates that he had the same name as his father, making him most likely the son of a previous king named Neferkare. It is unknown which one, however, and as the 7th and 8th dynasty kings had very short reigns, it could even have been Pepi II Neferkare.
Reign
According to Ryholt's latest reading of the Turin canon, Neferkare VI Pepiseneb reigned at least one year.[1][2] As all pharaohs from Menkare until Neferkahor all had very short reigns (all within the year 2181 BC) and Neferkare VI Pepiseneb died in 2171 BC, he must have reigned 10 years (2181-2171 BC).[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d Kim Ryholt: "The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-list and kingsIdentity of Nitocris", Zeitschrift für ägyptische, 127, 2000, p. 91
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9, 2008, p. 268-269
- ^ Jürgen von Beckerath: The Date of the End of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, JNES 21 (1962) pp. 144-145
- ^ Hratch Papazian (2015). "The State of Egypt in the Eighth Dynasty". In Peter Der Manuelian; Thomas Schneider (eds.). Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom: Perspectives on the Pyramid Age. Harvard Egyptological Studies. BRILL.
- Smith, W. Stevenson. The Old Kingdom in Egypt and the Beginning of the First Intermediate Period, in The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. I, part 2, ed. Edwards, I.E.S, et al. p. 197. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1971.