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).[1]
| Nikaure in hieroglyphs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikaure N(j) kꜣ.w Rꜥ The Ka of Re-associated forces | ||||
| Nikaure | |
|---|---|
| Vizier | |
| Dynasty | 4th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | likely Menkaure |
| Father | Khafre |
| Mother | Persenet |
| Wife | Nikanebti I |
| Children | Nikaure II Nikanebti II Hetepheres (D) |
| Burial | Mastaba LG 87 in Giza |
Family
editNikaure was a son of Pharaoh Khafre and Queen Persenet.[2] His wife was named Nikanebti. She was a priestess of Hathor, Mistress of the Sycamore in all her places.[3]
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).[4] 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.[5]
Tomb
editNikaure's tomb is LG 87 in Giza using the numbering introduced by Lepsius.[3] It is also given the designation G 8158, and is located in the Central Field which is part of the Giza Necropolis.[1]
Sources
edit- ^ a b Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Archived October 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3.
- ^ a b Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings; Part III
- ^ Verner, Miroslav. "Contemporaneous Evidence for the Relative Chronology of Dyns. 4 and 5." In Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David A. Warburton, eds. Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2006, p. 134.
- ^ Breasted, James H. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest, Collected Edited and Translated with Commentary, Vol. 1: The First to the Seventeenth Dynasties.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.