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| Netjerkare Siptah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Neitiqerty Siptah, Nitocris, Siptah I, Netjerkare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The cartouche of Netjerkare on the Abydos King List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | Around 3 years, c. 2213 – c. 2210 BC[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Possibly Nemtyemsaf II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Possibly Menkare | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | c. 2210 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Netjerkare Siptah (also Neitiqerty Siptah and possibly the origin of the legendary figure Nitocris; died c. 2210 BC) was an ancient Egyptian king, the seventh and last ruler of the Sixth Dynasty. Alternatively, some scholars classify him as the first king of the Seventh or Eighth Dynasty.[2] As the last king of the 6th Dynasty, Netjerkare Siptah is considered by some Egyptologists to be the last king of the Old Kingdom period.
Netjerkare Siptah enjoyed a short reign in the late 23rd century BC, at a time when the power of the king was crumbling and that of the local nomarchs was on the rise. Although he was male, Netjerkare Siptah is most likely the same person as the female ruler Nitocris mentioned by Herodotus and Manetho.[3]
- ^ Michael Rice: Who is who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge London & New York 1999, ISBN 0-203-44328-4, see "Nitiqret" p. 140
- ^ Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I - Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC, Stacey International, ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9, 2008, p. 279–280
- ^ Ryholt, Kim Steven Bardrum. 2000. "The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-list and the Identity of Nitocris." Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 127:87–100.