Neferkare Iymeru

Statue of Neferkare Iymeru (Louvre)

Neferkare Iymeru was the Ancient Egyptian vizier under king Sobekhotep IV in the 13th Dynasty, around 1750 BC.

Neferkare Iymeru was the son of the leader of the broad hall Iymeru. Neferkare Iymeru himself is known from several monuments, many of them found in Karnak. On a statue, now in the Louvre, he reports the opening of a canal and the building of a temple for king Sobekhotep IV. Other objects belonging to him are a scribe statue, a statue found on Elephantine and a stela found in Karnak. He appears in an inscription in the Wadi Hammamat. Neferkare Iymeru had a double name. Neferkare is the throne name of several Old Kingdom kings, the most famous being Pepy II. Perhaps Neferkare Iymeru was born in Memphis, where this king was still worshipped in the Middle Kingdom.

Bibliography

• Wolfram Grajetzki: Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, London 2009 p. 38-39 ISBN 9780715637456