Ninth Dynasty of Egypt
Ninth Dynasty of Egypt | |||||||||||
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ca. 2160 BC–ca. 2130 BC | |||||||||||
![]() Jasper weight with the cartouche of Nebkaure Khety | |||||||||||
Capital | Herakleopolis Magna | ||||||||||
Common languages | Egyptian language | ||||||||||
Religion | ancient Egyptian religion | ||||||||||
Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||||
Historical era | Bronze Age | ||||||||||
• Established | ca. 2160 BC | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | ca. 2130 BC | ||||||||||
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Periods and dynasties of ancient Egypt |
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The Ninth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty IX) is often combined with the 7th, 8th, 10th and early 11th Dynasties under the group title First Intermediate Period.[1] The dynasty that seems to have supplanted the 8th Dynasty is extremely obscure. The takeover by the rulers of Herakleopolis was violent and is reflected in Manetho's description of Achthoes, the founder of the dynasty, as 'more terrible than his predecessors', who 'wrought evil things for those in all Egypt".
Rulers[]
The 9th Dynasty was founded at Herakleopolis Magna, and the 10th Dynasty continued there. At this time Egypt was not unified, and there is some overlap between these and other local dynasties. The Turin Canon lists eighteen kings for this royal line, but their names are damaged, unidentifiable, or lost.[2]
The following is a possible list of rulers of the Ninth Dynasty based on the Turin Canon, as egyptologists have differing opinions about the order of succession within the two dynasties. Among them, only Meryibre Khety and Nebkaure Khety are undoubtedly attested by archaeological finds:
Name | Image | Comments |
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Meryibre Khety I | ![]() |
Manetho's Achthoes, a nomarch who proclaimed himself pharaoh |
[name lost] | - | |
Neferkare VII | Might be the Kaneferre mentioned in the tomb of the nomarch Ankhtifi | |
Nebkaure Khety II | ![]() |
Also mentioned in The Eloquent Peasant tale |
Setut | - | |
[name lost] | - | |
Mery[...] | - | |
Shed[...] | - | |
H[...] | - | |
[three names lost] | - | |
User(?)[...] | - |
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References[]
- ^ Shaw, Ian, ed. (2000). The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. p. 480. ISBN 0-19-815034-2.
- ^ Sir Alan Gardiner, Egypt of the Pharaohs, Oxford University Press, 1961, pp. 112-13.
- ^ William C. Hayes, in The Cambridge Ancient History, vol 1, part 2, 1971 (2008), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-077915, p. 996.
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