Nikaure
Ancient Egyptian prince and vizier
About Nikaure
Nikaure ( His wife was named Nikanebti. She was a priestess of Hathor, Mistress of the Sycamore in all her places.
In Nikaure's tomb, a will outlining his legacy is preserved. The will is dated to the "year of the twelfth occurrence of the numbering of large and small cattle (year 24 of Khafre). Nikaure leaves property to his wife Nikanebti, his son Nikaure, his daughter Hetepheres, and his son Ka-en-nebti-wer. The property that would have gone to a (presumably) deceased daughter reverts to Nikaure's wife Nikanebti.
Tomb Nikaure's tomb is LG 87 in Giza using the numbering introduced by Karl Lepsius.
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