Nikaure

Nikaure in hieroglyphs
Nikaure N(j) kꜣ.w Rꜥ The Ka of Re-associated forces

Nikaure Vizier
Dynasty	4th Dynasty
Pharaoh	likely Menkaure
Father	Khafra
Mother	Persenet
Children	Nikaure II Nikanebti II Hetepheres (D)
Burial	Mastaba LG 87 in Giza

Nikaure was an ancient Egyptian prince and vizier during the 4th dynasty. His titles include king's eldest son of his body (sA-nswt n Xt=f), as well as chief justice and vizier (smsw tAjtj sAb TAtj).^[1]

Family

Nikaure was a son of Pharaoh Khafre and Queen Persenet.^[2] His wife was named Nikanebti. She was a priestess of Hathor, Mistress of the Sycamore in all her places.^[3]

In Nikaure's tomb a will outlining his legacy is preserved. The will is dated to the "year of the twelfth occurrence of the numbering of large and small cattle (year 24 of Khafre).^[4] Nikaure leaves property to his wife Nikanebti, his son Nikaure, his daughter Hetepheres, and his son Ka-en-nebti-wer. The property that would have gone to a (presumably) deceased daughter reverts back to Nikaure's wife Nikanebti.^[5]

Tomb

Nikaure's tomb is LG 87 in Giza using the numbering introduced by Lepsius.^[3] It is also given the designation G 8158, and is located in the Central Field which is part of the Giza Necropolis.^[1]

Sources

1. ^ ^{a b} [http://gizapyramids.org/ Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ]
2. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3
3. ^ ^{a b} Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings; Part III
4. ^ Verner, Miroslav. "Contemporaneous Evidence for the Relative Chronology of Dyns. 4 and 5." In Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David A. Warburton, eds. Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2006, p. 134.
5. ^ Breasted, James H. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest, Collected Edited and Translated with Commentary, Vol. 1: The First to the Seventeenth Dynasties. Ancient Records. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1906, pp. 88-90.