Wadjkare
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Wahkare Khety I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Burial | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | First Intermediate Period | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wadjkare was an
Eighth dynasty who reigned c. 2150 BC during the First Intermediate Period. He is considered to be a very obscure figure in Egyptian history.[1]
Identity
Wadjkare is mentioned only once: in a royal
Ramesside king list.[3]
A rock inscription in
Scholars such as Farouk Gomaà and William C. Hayes identify the Horus name Djemed-ib-taui with a ruler named Neferirkare and equate Wadjkare with an obscure ruler named Hor-Khabaw.[7] Hans Goedicke sees Wadjkare as the predecessor of Djemed-ib-taui and assigns both rulers to the 9th dynasty.[8]
References
- ISBN 3-491-96053-3, p. 170 - 171.
- ISBN 9004130489, p. 123-124.
- ISBN 1438109970, p. 429.
- ^ Henri Gauthier, "Nouvelles remarques sur la XIe dynastie". BIFAO 9 (1911), p. 136.
- ^ Alan Gardiner, Egypt of the Pharaohs: an introduction, Oxford University Press, 1964, p. 121.
- ^ Jürgen von Beckerath, Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen (MÄS 49), Philip Von Zabern, 1999, pp. 80-81.
- ISBN 3-88226-041-6. p. 57, 59, 127.
- ^ Hans Goedicke: Königliche Dokumente aus dem Alten Reich (= Ägyptologische Abhandlungen, Bd. 14). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1967, p. 215.