Nerikare

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Nerikare was a little-known pharaoh of Egypt’s 13th Dynasty, ruling during the politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt ruler
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
associatedDeity Ra NERFINISHED
attestedIn Turin King List NERFINISHED
later king lists with damaged entries
scarab seals
burialPlaceCertainty unknown
capitalRegionHypothesis Itjtawy vicinity
chronologicalCertainty uncertain
country Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
culture ancient Egyptian civilization
dynasty Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED
evidenceType epigraphic evidence
prosopographic reconstruction
gender male
historicalImportance illustrates political instability of the Thirteenth Dynasty
historicalStatus poorly attested ruler
knownFrom limited archaeological and textual evidence
knownMonuments none securely identified
modernScholarshipView minor king of the early Second Intermediate Period
nameComponentMeaning “Ra is my protection” or similar solar association
periodCharacterization short-lived reigns and rapid succession of kings
politicalContext period of political fragmentation in Egypt
regionOfRule Middle Egypt NERFINISHED
Nile Valley NERFINISHED
reignEndApprox 18th century BCE
reignLengthCertainty unknown
reignPeriod Second Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED
reignStartApprox 18th century BCE
religion ancient Egyptian religion
successorDynastyContext predecessor of the Hyksos Fifteenth Dynasty
throneNameLanguage Egyptian
title King of Upper and Lower Egypt
Pharaoh

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