Ankhesenpepi IV was an
ancient Egyptian queen, a wife of Pharaoh
Pepi II
Pepi II Neferkare (2284 BC – after 2247 BC, probably either 2216 or 2184 BC) was a pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom who reigned from 2278 BC. His second name, Neferkare (''Nefer-ka-Re''), means "Beautiful is ...
of the
Sixth Dynasty
The Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty VI), along with the Third, Fourth and Fifth Dynasty, constitutes the Old Kingdom of Dynastic Egypt.
Pharaohs
Known pharaohs of the Sixth Dynasty are listed in the table below. Manetho acc ...
. She was the mother of a crown prince Neferkare. Pepi II also had several other wives.
Titles
Her titles were: ''King’s Mother of Ankh-djed-Neferkare'' (''mwt-niswt-‘nkh-djd-nfr-k3-r’''), ''Mother of the Dual King'' (''mwt-niswt-biti''), ''King’s Wife of Men-ankh-Neferkare'' (ḥmt-niswt-mn-‘nḫ-nfr-k3-r’), ''King’s Wife, his beloved'' (''ḥmt-niswt mryt.f''), ''This God’s Daughter'' (''z3t-nṯr-tw''), ''Foster Child of
Wadjet
Wadjet (; egy, wꜢḏyt "Green One"), known to the Greek world as Uto (; grc-koi, Οὐτώ) or Buto (; ) among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, was originally the ancient local goddess of the city of Dep. It became part ...
'' (''sḏtit-w3ḏt'').
Tomb
Ankhesenpepi IV was buried in
Saqqara
Saqqara ( ar, سقارة, ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. ...
. Apparently they lacked the appropriate resources for a burial, since she did not have a pyramid built for her. Her sarcophagus, which was made of reused stone, was found in a storeroom belonging to the mortuary temple of Queen
Iput II
:''About the river in Belarus and Russia see Iput River. For the early 6th dynasty queen, wife of Unas see Iput.''
Iput was an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the Sixth Dynasty, a sister and wife of Pepi II.
Titles
Her titles King’s Daught ...
.
[Grajetzki, p. 26]
References
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23rd-century BC women
22nd-century BC women
Queens consort of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
Pepi II Neferkare