Neferkahor Explained

Neferkahor
Prenomen:	Neferkahor Nfr-k3-Ḥr Perfect is the Ka of Horus M23:t-L2:t-<-G5-nfr-D28->
Reign:	Unknown
Predecessor:	Neferkare Tereru?
Successor:	Neferkare Pepiseneb?
Dynasty:	Eighth Dynasty?

Neferkahor may have been ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighth Dynasty during the First Intermediate Period.^[1] According to Egyptologists Jürgen von Beckerath and Darrell Baker, he was the eleventh king of this dynasty.^{[2] [1]} His name is attested on the Abydos King List (number 50) and on a black steatite cylinder seal of unknown provenance.^[3] Neferkahor is absent from the Turin canon as a large lacuna in this document affects most kings of the 7th/8th Dynasty.^[4] No contemporary document or building with his name has been found.^{[5] [6]}

External links

• First Intermediate Period on Digital Egypt for Universities, Accessed April 19, 2014

Notes and References

1. Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I - Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC, Stacey International,, 2008, p. 261-262
2. [Jürgen von Beckerath]
3. [Peter Kaplony]
4. [Kim Ryholt]
5. Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002,, p. 114.
6. Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/ Berlin 1984,, p. 48, 186.