Men-nefer

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Men-nefer is the ancient Egyptian name for the city later known as Memphis, a major political and religious center near modern Cairo.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Henen-nesut 2
Men-nefer canonical 2
Mennefer 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
historical place
approximateLocation south of modern Cairo
associatedDeity Nefertem
Ptah
Sekhmet
country Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
culturalSignificance center of the cult of Ptah
important administrative center of ancient Egypt
eraOfProminence Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian
laterKnownAs Memphis
laterLanguageName Arabic Manf
Coptic Menfe
Memphis
surface form: Greek Memphis
linkedToRuler Pepi I Meryre
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt
locatedNear New Cairo
surface form: modern Cairo
locatedOnRiver Nile
mainTemple Great Temple of Ptah
surface form: Temple of Ptah
modernCountry Egypt
nameMeaning enduring and beautiful
nameTransliterationVariant Pepi II Neferkare
surface form: Men-nefer-Pepi

Men-nefer self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mennefer
nearbyNecropolis Abu Sir necropolis
surface form: Abu Sir

Dahshur necropolis
surface form: Dahshur

Giza
Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara
politicalRole major political center of ancient Egypt
religiousRole major religious center of ancient Egypt
servedAs capital of ancient Egypt
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
writingSystemOfName Egyptian hieroglyphs

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manf ancientName Men-nefer
Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) alsoKnownAs Men-nefer
subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah
this entity surface form: Henen-nesut
Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) ancientEgyptianName Men-nefer
subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah
this entity surface form: Henen-nesut
Valley of the Queens egyptianName Men-nefer
this entity surface form: Ta-Set-Neferu
Memphis, Egypt hasAncientName Men-nefer
Men-nefer nameTransliterationVariant Men-nefer self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mennefer