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Qakare Ibi c. 2170–2168 BC

Qakare Ibi was one of the short-lived kings who followed Pepi II at Memphis, and the Turin King List gives him a reign of just over two years. His small pyramid at South Saqqara, near that of Pepi II, is the last royal pyramid known to carry Pyramid Texts, carved in its corridor and burial room. Little else of his survives, and his exact dates are unknown.

Throne name: Qakare

qꜣ-kꜣ-rꜥ: “The ka of Ra is high”

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  1. Sun N5rꜥ The sun, the sun god Ra. Day.
  2. Man with raised arms A28 Determinative for joy, mourning, high.
  3. Raised arms D28kꜣ The ka, a person's life force.
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Birth name: Ibi

ibi

Often explained as "the kid", a young goat.

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  1. Flowering reed M17i The sound i.
  2. Foot D58b The sound b.
  3. Flowering reed M17i The sound i.
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Saqqara

Saqqara has the oldest religious texts carved in Egypt, the Pyramid Texts of Unas, and Old Kingdom tombs whose walls are covered with captioned scenes of daily life. It is the best place in Egypt to read hieroglyphs from the age of the pyramids.

Names of gods (Ra, Amun, Ptah) are written first out of respect, even when they are read later. Dates are approximate; we follow Ian Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (2000).