Khendjer

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Khendjer was an Egyptian king (throne name: Userkare) of the 13th Dynasty. The name Khendjer is poorly attested in Egyptian. Khendjer "has been interpreted as a foreign name hnzr and equated with the Semitic personal name h(n)zr, [for] 'boar'" according to the Danish Egyptologist Kim Ryholt. The scholar notes that this identification is confirmed by the fact that the name h(n)zr is written as hzr in a variant spelling of this king's name on a seal from this king's reign. Ryholt states that the word boar is attested as huzīru in Akkadian, hinzīr in Arabic, hazīrā in Aramaic, hazīr in Hebrew (the name is attested as hēzīr in I Chron. 24:15, Neh. 10:20) hu-zi-ri in the Nuzi texts, hnzr in Ugarit, and perhaps hi-zi-ri in Amorite."

Reign Length

The latest attested date for his reign is the fourth month of the season of Akhet (inundation), day 15 in his fifth regnal year. Kim Ryholt notes that two dated from control notes on stone blocks from his unfinished pyramid complex give him a minimum reign of 4 Years 3 Months and 5 days. The two aforementioned control notes are dated to Year 1 I Akhet day 10 and Year 5 IV Akhet day 15 of his reign.

Khendjer is known primarily from his pyramid complex excavated by G. Jequier at Saqqara which was perhaps completed as a pyramidion was found. He is also known from several inscriptions and objects which bear his unique Semitic name. These include a fragment of a canopic jar found at Saqqara, which offers a partial name for his wife, Seneb ... (K.S.B. Ryholt restores this as "Sonbhenas"). A stela from Abydos records building works by the king at the Osiris temple at Abydos and names the vizier Ankhu. A stela once in Liverpool (destroyed in World War II), provides the name of the king's son Khedjer. He might be a son of the king. Other objects with his name, according to the list provided by Ryholt, include three cylinder-seals from Athribis, a tile found near el-Lisht, scarab seals and an axe blade.

See also

• List of Pharaohs

Footnotes

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