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Ankhesenpepi IV
Resting placePyramid in Saqqara
OccupationQueen of Egypt
SpousePepi II
ChildrenNeferkare
Ruins of the pyramid of Pepi II, near which Ankhesenpepi IV was buried - in the mortuary temple of Queen Iput II
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Ankhesenpepi
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Era: Old Kingdom
(2686–2181 BC)

Ankhesenpepi IV was an ancient Egyptian queen, a wife of Pharaoh Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty. She was the mother of a crown prince Neferkare.[1] Pepi II also had several other wives.

Titles[edit]

Her titles were: King’s Mother of Ankh-djed-Neferkare (mwt-niswt-‘nkh-djd-nfr-k3-r’), Mother of the Dual King (mwt-niswt-biti), King’s Wife of Men-ankh-Neferkare (ḥmt-niswt-mn-‘nḫ-nfr-k3-r’), King’s Wife, his beloved (ḥmt-niswt mryt.f), This God’s Daughter (z3t-nṯr-tw), Foster Child of Wadjet (sḏtit-w3ḏt).[2]

Tomb[edit]

Ankhesenpepi IV was buried in Saqqara.[3] Apparently they lacked the appropriate resources for a burial, since she did not have a pyramid built for her. Her sarcophagus, which was made of reused stone, was found in a storeroom belonging to the mortuary temple of Queen Iput II.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.76
  2. ^ Grajetzki, Wolfram Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary p. 26
  3. ^ Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt
  4. ^ Grajetzki, p. 26


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