Pepy II
King of the Sixth Dynasty (2300-2181 BC). Last well-attested king of the Old
Kingdom, with an exceptionally long reign estimated variously between sixty
and ninety years. A long reign seems confirmed by evidence that the king was
a child when he came to the throne: there are images of the king as a child,
including a well-known statuette showing him on the lap of his mother (see list
of attestations below). The throne-name Neferkare was used by other kings later
in Egyptian history: therefore references to the throne-name alone can only
be dated to this reign if there is corroboration (for example, when an object
inscribed with the name is of late Old Kingdom type).
Horus name: Netjery-khaw
Nebty name: Netjery-khaw-nebty
Golden Falcon name: Bik-nub-sekhem
Prenomen: Neferkare
Nomen: Pepy
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Burial place: Pyramid in south Saqqara
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Attestations in the Petrie Museum:
- relief fragment from Koptos UC 14281
- vase from Badari, tomb 3202
UC 16158
- calcire lid of a vessel, UC 11780 (unprovenanced)
Further Attestations:
- Calcite statuette showing the king with his mother Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund 39.119 (New
York 1999: 437-439, no. 172)
- Inscription at Magharah (Sinai) (Gardiner/Peet/Cerný
1955: no. 17)
- Decree of the king found at the pyramid temple of Menkawre (Sethe
1933: 277-278)
- Decree of the king found at Abydos (Sethe
1933: 278-280)
- Three decrees of the king found at Koptos (Sethe
1933: 280-293)
- Inscriptions, now in Cairo, mentioning the sed festival of the king (Sethe
1933: 114-115)
- Inscription in the mortuary temple of his wife Iput (Sethe
1933: 271-272)
King mentioned in biographies of his officials
- Biography of Djaw (now in Cairo) from his tomb near Abydos (Sethe
1933: 118)
- Letter of the king in the biography of Herkhuef in his tomb near Elephantine
(Sethe 1933: 128-131)
- Ibi in his tomb at Deir el-Gabrawi (Sethe
1933: 142)
- Djaw in his tomb at Deir el-Gabrawi (Sethe
1933: 146)
Smaller objects:
- Faience plaques from various places,
some mentioning the first and second sed festival of the king (Elephantine:
Dreyer 1986: 150-151, no. 444-447)
- Calcite vessels from various places, mentioning the first or second sed
festival of the king (Sethe 1933:
115; New York 1999: 448, no. 180)
- Ivory headrest with full titulary of the king, now in Paris, Louvre N 646
(New York 1999: 452-453, no. 183)
- Several objects found at Byblos (Dunand
1939: 162, 261)
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