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Nikaure
Nikaure was an ancient Egyptian prince and vizier during the 4th Dynasty. His titles include ''king's eldest son of his body'' (''sA-nswt n Xt=f''), as well as ''chief justice'' and vizier (''smsw tAjtj sAb TAtj''). Family Nikaure was a son of Pharaoh Khafre and Queen Persenet. His wife was named Nikanebti. She was a priestess of Hathor, Mistress of the Sycamore in all her places.Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings; Part III In Nikaure's tomb a will outlining his legacy is preserved. The will is dated to the "year of the twelfth occurrence of the numbering of large and small cattle (year 24 of Khafre). Nikaure leaves property to his wife Nikanebti, his son Nikaure, his daughter Hetepheres, and his son Ka-en-nebti-wer. The property that would have gone to a (presumably) deceased daughter reverts to Nikaure's wife Nikanebti.Breasted, James H. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persenet
Persenet (Personet, Per-sent) was an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the 4th Dynasty. She may have been a daughter of King Khufu and a wife of King Khafre. She is mainly known from her tomb at Giza (G 8156). Biography According to Grajetzki, Persenet's full set of titles was: great of sceptre ''(wr.t-ḥts)'', king's beloved wife ''(ḥm.t-nỉswt mrỉỉt=f)'' and king's daughter of his body ''(sat-niswt-nt-xtf)''. The position of her tomb suggests that she was the wife of king Khafre and possibly a daughter of Khufu.Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, Persenet may be the mother of the vizier Nikaure.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. Tomb Persenet's tomb is LG 88 in Giza using the numbering introduced by Lepsius. It is also given the designation G 8156. The tomb is a rock-cut mastaba located in the Central Field which is part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
