Scribe palette of the chancellor Orkaukhety, bearing the cartouche of Merikare
Pharaoh
Reign
c. 2075–2040 BCE
Predecessor
Wahkare Khety ?
Successor
possibly an unnamed ephemeral successor,[1] then Mentuhotep II (11th Dynasty)
Royal titulary
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Merikare[2] mr.j-k3-rˁ Beloved by the ka of Ra
Nomen
possibly Khety[3] Ḥty
Father
Wahkare Khety ?
Died
approximately 2040 BCE
Burial
Pyramid of Merikare
Dynasty
10th Dynasty
Merikare (also Merykare and Merykara) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 10th Dynasty who lived toward the end of the First Intermediate Period.
Purportedly inspired by the teaching of his father, he embarked on a semi-peaceful coexistence policy with his southern rivals of the 11th Dynasty, focusing on improving the prosperity of his realm centered on Herakleopolis instead of waging an open war with Thebes. His policy was not rewarded, and shortly after his death his kingdom was conquered by the Theban Mentuhotep II, marking the beginning of the Middle Kingdom. The existence of his pyramid has historically been ascertained, although it has not yet been discovered.
^William C. Hayes, in The Cambridge Ancient History, vol 1, part 2, 1971 (2008), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-077915, pp. 467–78.
^Jürgen von Beckerath, Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, 2nd edition, Mainz, 1999, p. 74.
^Cite error: The named reference demidchik was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Merikare (also Merykare and Merykara) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 10th Dynasty who lived toward the end of the First Intermediate Period. Purportedly...
The pyramid of Merikare is an ancient Egyptian pyramid that remains unidentified, but is attested by inscriptions on funerary steles and possibly is located...
The Teaching for King Merykara, alt. Instruction Addressed to King Merikare, is a literary composition in Middle Egyptian, the classical phase of the Egyptian...
to belong to either pharaoh Menkauhor of the Fifth Dynasty or pharaoh Merikare of the Tenth Dynasty, both of whom are known to have built a pyramid. If...
dressed stone—the Pyramid of Userkaf, the Pyramid of Teti and the Pyramid of Merikare, dating to the First Intermediate Period of Egypt. Also at Saqqara is the...
Teaching for King Merykare, thus placing him between Neferkare VIII and Merikare. In this reconstruction, Wahkare is the last Herakleopolitan king bearing...
reigned toward the end of the subsequent 10th Dynasty, shortly before king Merikare. Because of the contrasting opinions of scholars, Meryibre's reign is difficult...
overseer of the granaries. He was also funerary priest at the pyramid of king Merikare. Khaled Daoud: Necropoles Memphiticae, Inscriptions from the Herakleopolitan...
successor of Merneferre Ay and a king of the late 13th dynasty of Egypt. Merikare Pharaoh 21st dynasty fl. c. 21st century BC Pharaoh during the 10th dynasty...
the North were very limited. Only one pyramid believed to belong to King Merikare (2065–2045 BC) is mentioned to be somewhere at Saqqara. Also, private tombs...
and beliefs of both foreigners and Egyptians alike. The Instructions for Merikare informs us that heka was a beneficence gifted by the creator to humanity...
Pyramid of Khui Dara 146x136 n.d. n.d. 10th Merikare Pyramid of Merikare (Flourishing are the abodes of Merikare) Unknown, possibly North Saqqara n.d. n.d...
the Trades. Hans Goedicke adds to his list of works the Instruction of Merikare, a suggestion which did not find favour with everybody. (Lesko, op.cit...
Papyrus Moscow, Papyrus Carlsberg 6 20th or later T - Instruction of Merikare P. Leningrad 1115 20th or later L - Tale of the shipwrecked sailor Russian...
and beliefs of both foreigners and Egyptians alike. The Instructions for Merikare informs us that heka was a beneficence gifted by the creator to humanity...
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