Huni

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Huni was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the late Third Dynasty, regarded as one of the last rulers of the Old Kingdom’s early period.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Huni canonical 7

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian pharaoh
human
associatedWith construction of provincial step pyramids
associatedWithSite Elephantine
Meidum Pyramid
surface form: Meidum
attestedIn Abydos King List
Saqqara King List
Turin King List
burialPlace unknown
capital Memphis
chronologicalRole late Old Kingdom early phase ruler
chronologicalStatus chronology and sequence partly uncertain
country Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
culture ancient Egyptian
disputedIdentities possible identification with names on unfinished pyramid at Zawyet el-Aryan
dynasty 3rd Dynasty of Egypt
surface form: Third Dynasty of Egypt
era Old Kingdom of Egypt
fatherOf Hetepheres I
governmentType absolute monarchy
hasUncertainBurialSite true
hasUncertainParentage true
hasUncertainReignLength true
hasVariantTransliteration Huny
Hwni
knownFrom archaeological remains attributed to his reign
later king lists
language Egyptian language family
surface form: Egyptian language
nameInHieroglyphs ḥw-nj
notableFor transition between Third and Fourth Dynasties
positionHeld pharaoh of Egypt
possibleFatherOf Pharaoh Sneferu
surface form: Sneferu
predecessor Khaba
regardedAs one of the last rulers of the Old Kingdom’s early period
reignInCentury 26th century BCE
27th century BCE
reignPeriod 3rd Dynasty of Egypt
surface form: late Third Dynasty of Egypt
religion ancient Egyptian religion
styleOfRule divine kingship
succeededByDynasty Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
successor Pharaoh Sneferu
surface form: Sneferu
throneName Huni self-link
title King of Upper and Lower Egypt

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Referenced by (7)

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

Pharaoh Sneferu predecessor Huni
subject surface form: Sneferu
Pharaoh Sneferu father Huni
subject surface form: Sneferu
Hetepheres I father Huni
Huni throneName Huni self-link