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Titulary what's this?
Horus Name Horus, Stable of Transformations
Nebty Name The two ladies, stable of birth
Golden Horus Name The golden falcon, great .
Praenomen Userkare "The Soul of Re is Strong", Minaatre
Nomen Khendjer
Called "Pig" or "Boar"
   
Manetho  
King Lists Userkare Khendjer
Alternate Names  
Dates what's this?
reigned about 4 years, c. 1757 BCE
redford 1756-1751
franke 1718-1712
ryholt 1764-1759
Succession
Predecessor Sobekhotep II
Successor mulitple kings
Associated People
unknown  
Burial Place
Pyramid in North Saqqara
Monuments
Mortuary Complex in south Saqqara
History

Khendjer is one of the few pharaohs of the 13th Dynasty to leave behind any monuments at all. His mortuary commplex was discovered in Saqqara in 1929. Of course, his name was known from before, from stela. He may have been Syrian or Palestiinain. He was documented as a military leader of foreign troops in Egypt.

The complex is enclosed by a mudbrick wall, with an inner wall of niched limestone. The internal wall may have replaced a wavy wall like that surrounding the pyramid at Mazghuna belonging to Amenemhet IV. The pyarmidon of the pyramid was found, with the king's throne name, Userkare, engraved.

The pyramid is between the existing pyramids of Pepi II (6th Dynasty) and Sensuret III (12th Dynasty). It is just south of the Mastaba Faroun, and in the southermost point of the necropolis. It is the only 13th Dynasty pyramid to be completed. However, it used mudbrick as core material, and all that is left today is a 1m mound of rubble and the internal structures underground.

The pyrmiad complex was never finished, and does not appear to be used for burialsl. However, insccriptions on the pyarmid and the subsidiary buildlings does hint at his reign, about fouryears long.

 

pharaohs

Wegaf
Amenemhet-senebef
Sekhemre-Khutawi
Amenemhet V
Sehetepibre I
Iufni

Amenemhat VI
Semenkare
Sehetepibre II
Sweadjkare
Nedjemibre

Sobekhotep I
Reniseneb

Hor I
Amenemhet VII
Sobekhotep II
Khendjer
Imira-mesha
Inyotef IV
Seth

Sobekhotep III
Neferhotep I
Sihathor
Sobekhotep IV

Sobekhotep V
Iaib
Ay
Sewadjtu
Ined
Hori
Sobekhotep VI
Neferhotep II
Sobekhotep VII
Senwosret IV
Montuhotep V
Mentuemsaf
Dedumes I
Neferhotep III
Sobekhotep VIII
Ibi II
Hor II
Senebmiu
Sekhanre I
Merkheperre
Merikare