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Pepi II

The fifth pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty
Prenomen: Neferkara
Also known as: Pepy II · Neferkare
Pepi II became king when he was six years old, and according to Manetho, he went on to rule for 94 years. That he did rule for some sixty odd years can be corroborated, but anything more than that is uncertain. His long reign is thought to have led to stagnation of the administration of the kingdom, and was perhaps a key ingredient of the fall of the Old Kingdom. Manetho trancribed Pepi into Greek as Phiops.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

nTr.j-Xaw
Netjer khau
nṯr.ꞽ-ẖꜤw
"Divine of appearances"
Sethe, Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrucken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, I, 7
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:64-65, 5:H
nTr.j-Xaw nfr-kA-ra
Netjeri khau nefer ka Ra
nṯr.ꞽ-ẖꜤw nfr-kꜢ-rꜤ
"Divine of appearances, the perfect one of the ka of Ra"
Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:II, 116a
nTr.j-Xaw
Netjeri khau
nṯr.ꞽ-ẖꜤw
"The divine one of the appearances of the Two Ladies"
Sethe, Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrucken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, I, 7
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:64-65, 5:N·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:II, 116a
bjk-nbw-sXm
Bik nebu sekhem
bꞽk-nbw-sẖm
"The powerful golden falcon"
Sethe, Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrucken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, I, 7
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:64-65, 5:G·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:II, 116a
nfr-kA-ra
Nefer ka Ra ★
nfr-kꜢ-rꜤ
"The perfect one of the ka of Ra"
Abydos Canon38·Saqqara Canon23·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:II, 113g
Name missing
Name missing
Turin King List5.5
pjpj
Pepi
pꞽpꞽ
"Pepi"
PASSIM
Sethe, Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrucken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, I
zA-ra-pjpj
Pepi
zꜢ-rꜤ-pꞽpꞽ
"Son of Ra, Pepi"
Urkunden des aegyptischen Altertums I, 114
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:64-65, 5:E2
pjpj
Pepi
pꞽpꞽ
Uncertain reading but Prisse show p-i, with traces of what could be another p-i.
Prisse d'Avennes, Monuments Égyptiens..., Plate I
Karnak Canon15
pjpj nfr-kA-ra
Pepi nefer ka Ra
pꞽpꞽ nfr-kꜢ-rꜤ
"Pepi, perfect is the soul of Ra"
Petrie, Koptos, plate V (7)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:64-65, 5:E3

Sources of antiquity

Author Greek Transcription Reign
Africanus  vi, 4 Φιωψ Phiops 94 years
Eusebius  v, 4 Φιωψ Phiops 94 years
Eratosthenes  20 Aπαππους Apappus 100 years

References