Nikaure was an ancient Egyptian prince and

vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...

during the

4th Dynasty The Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty IV) is characterized as a "golden age" of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Dynasty IV lasted from to 2494 BC. It was a time of peace and prosperity as well as one during which trade with other ...

. 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to a (presumably) deceased daughter reverts to Nikaure's wife Nikanebti.Breasted, James H. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest, Collected Edited and Translated with Commentary, Vol. 1: The First to the Seventeenth Dynasties. Ancient Records. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1906, pp. 88-90.

Tomb

Nikaure's tomb is LG 87 in Giza using the numbering introduced by Lepsius. It is also given the designation G 8158, and is located in the Central Field which is part of the Giza Necropolis.Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Sources

{{reflist Princes of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Viziers of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Khafre