| Neferkaure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Neferkawre, Kha[bau?] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The cartouche of Neferkaure on theAbydos King List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | Around 4 years and 2 months, c. 2167 – c. 2163 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | PossiblyIbi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | PossiblyKhuwihapi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | c. 2163 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 8th Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neferkaure (diedc. 2163 BC) was aking of ancient Egypt during theFirst Intermediate Period. According to theAbydos King List and the latest reconstruction of theTurin canon byKim Ryholt, he was the 15th king of theEighth Dynasty.[1] This opinion is shared by the EgyptologistsJürgen Beckerath, Thomas Schneider, and Darell Baker.[2][3][4] As a king of the Eighth Dynasty, Neferkaure's seat of power wasMemphis[5] and he may not have held power over all of Egypt.
Neferkaure is named on the 54th entry of theAbydos King List, a king list redacted some 900 years after theFirst Intermediate Period during the reign ofSeti I. Neferkaure's name is lost in a lacuna of theTurin canon affecting column 5, line 11 of the document. The length of Neferkaure's reign is nonetheless preserved with "4 years and 2 months".[1][4][6]
Neferkaure is also known from a contemporary inscription, a fragmentary decree inscribed on a limestone slab known asCoptos Decree h and concerning offerings for the temple ofMin atCoptos.[4] One of the two existing fragments of this decree was given byEdward Harkness to theMetropolitan Museum of Art, where it is now on display in Gallery 103.[7]The decree is dated to the fourth regnal year of Neferkaure, which is the highest attested date of any king of the Eighth Dynasty.[8] The first sign of the king'sHorus name is clearly present while the second sign is debated. von Beckerath commits only to the first sign and readsKha[...], while Baker andWilliam C. Hayes readKhabau.[2][4][8] The decree is addressed to the then governor ofUpper Egypt,Shemay, and requires that fixed amounts of offerings be given at regular intervals to the god Min and then possibly to a statue of the king.[8]
| Preceded by PossiblyIbi | King of Egypt c. 2167 – c. 2163 BC | Succeeded by PossiblyKhuwihapi |
