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Khendjer in hieroglyphs

twenty-first ruler in the known sequence of the Thirteenth Dynasty
Accession1764 BC
End of reign1759 BC
Duration5 years
Highest attested yearYear 5
Khendjer is the earliest known Semitic king of a native Egyptian dynasty and his name has been interpreted as the foreign name Hnzr and equated with the Semitic personal name for "boar". His name is present in the Turin Canon, and only a few other finds contain his name. He had a small pyramid built at Saqqara.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

wsr-kA-ra
User ka Ra
wsr-kꜢ-rꜤ
"The strong one of the ka of Ra"
Jéquier, Deux pyramides du moyen empire, plate 6
Beckerath, Handbuch: 94-95, 17:T1
wsr-kA-ra
User ka Ra
wsr-kꜢ-rꜤ
"The strong one of the ka of Ra"
A catalogue of the scarabs belonging to George Fraser, no. 65
Beckerath, Handbuch: 94-95, 17:T2
xnDr
Khendjer
ḫnḏr
"The wild boar"
Jéquier, Deux pyramides du moyen empire, plate 6
Pyramidion of Khendjer (Cairo Museum JE 53045)
Beckerath, Handbuch: 94-95, 17:E
wsr-..-ra xnDr
User [ka] Ra Khendjer
wsr-..-rꜤ ḫnḏr
Turin King List 7.20·Beckerath, Handbuch: 94-95, 17:T+E

References

Ryholt, K. (1997). The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. 220–221

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