Merenre Nemtyemsaf II

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Merenre Nemtyemsaf II
Menthesouphis (Africanus after Manetho), Antyemsaf
Neitiqerty Siptah
Nitocris (disputed)
Royal titulary
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Merenre Nemtyemsaf
Mr-n-Rˁ-Nmti-m-s3.f
Beloved of Ra, Nemty is his protection
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Nomen
Nemtyemsaf
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Nemty
is his protection
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Father
6th Dynasty

Merenre Nemtyemsaf II was an

Old Kingdom period. Nemtyemsaf II likely ascended the throne as an old man, succeeding his long-lived father Pepi II Neferkare
at a time when the power of the pharaoh was crumbling.

Attestations

Merenre Nemtyemsaf II is attested on the 4th line, column 6 of the

First Intermediate Period. The Abydos king list is the only document where Nemtyemsaf II bears the throne name Merenre. A later historical source also records the existence of Nemtyemsaf II: indeed he is mentioned in Manetho's Aegyptiaca, a history of Egypt written in the 3rd century BC. Manetho gives Nemtyemsaf II's name as Menthesouphis and credits him with one year of reign.[1]

Abydos king list

There is only one contemporary artefact known for sure to belong to Nemtyemsaf II. It is a damaged false door inscribed with Sa-nesu semsu Nemtyemsaf meaning "The elder king's son Nemtyemsaf" and discovered near the site of the pyramid of Neith, Pepi II's half-sister and queen and most likely Nemtyemsaf II's mother.[7][9] As indicated by the epithet of "elder king's son", this inscription was made before Nemtyemsaf's accession to the throne, when he was the heir apparent and also shows that he bore this name before becoming a pharaoh.[10] A second artefact may possibly belong to Nemtyemsaf II: a decree to protect the funerary cults of queens Ankhesenpepi I and Neith discovered in the mortuary temple of queen Neith.[11][12] If this decree was indeed issued by Nemtyemsaf II, his Horus name would be S[...]tawy meaning "He who causes the two lands to...".

Reign

Nemtyemsaf II succeeded his father Pepi II after his extremely long reign, believed to have been between 64 and 94 years long. Nothing is known for certain of Nemtyemsaf's activities but he likely had to face the collapse of the royal power and the rise of the provincial nomarchs. Less than 3 years after his death, the Old Kingdom period ended and the chaos of the First Intermediate Period started. Nemtyemsaf II may possibly have started a pyramid for himself and, if so, it would likely have been in Saqqara,[9] close to that of his father.[13]

Herodotus story

In his

Neitiqerty Siptah, who succeeded Nemtyemsaf II.[14]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronologie des pharaonischen Ägypten (Chronology of the Egyptian Pharaohs), Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern (1997), p. 152.
  2. ISBN 0-203-44328-4
    , see p. 111
  3. ISBN 978-0192804587
  4. ISBN 0-500-28628-0
    , see p. 64.
  5. ^ Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen, Düsseldorf 2002.
  6. ISBN 978-90-04-11385-5, available online copyright-free
    , see p. 491.
  7. ^
    ISBN 0-500-05128-3
    , see p. 73
  8. ISBN 3-8053-2591-6
    , see pp.64–65, king No 6.
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9
    , 2008, p. 211–212
  10. ISBN 978-9770104934
    .
  11. ^ Kurt Sethe (editor): Urkunden des ägyptischen Altertums, Vol. 1: Urkunden des alten Reiches, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1933, num. 307 available online.
  12. ^ Hans Goedicke: Königliche Dokumente aus dem Alten Reich, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz (1967), p. 158–162.
  13. ^ Miroslav Verner: Die Pyramiden, Reinbek 1997, p. 415.
  14. ^ Kim Ryholt: "The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-list and the Identity of Nitocris, Zeitschrift für ägyptische, 127, 2000. See p. 91
Preceded by Pharaoh of Egypt
Sixth Dynasty 		Succeeded by
Neitiqerty Siptah
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