Neferkara Tereru

Also known as: Neferkare Tereru Dynasty VIII

Neferkara Tereru is found on the Abydos king list number 49, while the Turin papyrus has a notation of a lacuna where the name would have been found.

Reign of Neferkara Tereru
Not available or unknown

 

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

Throne + Birth name
Throne + Birth name of Neferkara Tereru: Nefer ka Ra Tereru*
Nefer ka Ra Tereru*
nfr-kꜢ-rꜤ tr-r-rw
The perfect one of the ka of Ra, the respected one?
N5-F35-D28-X1:D21:D21-E23
Abydos king list 49
, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (), 68-69, 10:T+E

Bibliography


Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 (1999): 68–69
The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I – Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC (London, 2008), 269–270
Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 17 (1907): 188
The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Atlanta, 2013), 46

 

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The Royal titulary

The full titulary was announced at the coronation, when a pharaoh officially became king.

Horus
Horus name
The oldest form of a pharaoh's name, often enclosed in a serekh, a sort of "heraldic crest" representing a palace facade.

Nebty
Nebty name
The "Two Ladies", the heraldic goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet, representing Upper and Lower Egypt respectively.

Golden Horus
Golden Horus name
Gold was strongly associated with eternity, but the meaning of this title is disputed.

Prenomen
Throne name
(prenomen) Announced at the coronation, and written in a cartouche.

Nomen
Personal name
(nomen) The name given at birth, also written in a cartouche.

Kinglists
Ancient historians

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