Menkara

The second pharaoh of the Eighth Dynasty

Prenomen: Menkara

Also known as: Menkare

Menkara's name is only securely attested on Seti I's Abydos king list (number 41,) and the Turin papyrus unfortunately has a notation of a lacuna where his name would have been found. The tomb of queen Neit in at Saqqara has the queen in front of a damaged cartouche that reads ..kara, with enough space to have helf the Men sign.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

Men ka Ra ★

mn-kꜢ-rꜤ

"The established one of the ka of Ra"

Abydos Canon41·Beckerath, “Handbuch”:66-67, 2:T2

References

Callender, G. (2011). “Queen Neit-ikrety/Nitokris”. Abusir and Saqqara in the year 2010/1. 250-251

References

Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2 ed., MÄS 49 (1999): pp. 66–67
Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. pp. 44
Baker. D. D., 2008. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I. pp. 197