Neferka

{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian pharaoh; reigned around 220 BC}}

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Neferka
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My Ka is perfect
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| reign= c. 2200 BC

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| father = possibly Pepi II

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Neferka may have been an ancient Egyptian king of the Sixth Dynasty, who briefly reigned around 2200 BC.

A king with the name Neferka, written in the papyrus as Neferka-khered appears in the Turin King List between king Netjerkare Siptah and a king Nefer.Alan H. Gardiner: The Royal Turin Canon, Oxford 1959, pl. II, column IV, 9 Neferka and Nefer are most likely writing errors in the papyrus. Several scholars regard Neferka as mistake for "Neferkare" and identify him with Neferkare Pepiseneb.Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, Münchner ägyptologische Studien, Heft 20, 1984, 59-60 Other identify him with Menkare.

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