Khendjer

Chendjer, also Chanzir, was an ancient Egyptian King (Pharaoh) of the 13th dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ), who reigned about 1718-1712 BC.

Origin

The name of the ruler gives rise to much speculation. The name Chendjer is otherwise rarely witnessed and was with the Semitic word ( ḫ [n ] zr ) for " boar " equated, which was believed to have a proof for an Asian usurper to the throne of Egypt. But Chendjer or Chedjer is also the Egyptian word for boar, so that the name does not necessarily suggesting an Asian origin of the ruler. Chendjer appear in any case as a "normal " Egyptian ruler on his few monuments. The name Chendjer is occupied to a few times in Egypt.

Family

The wife of Chendjer was apparently a " royal wife " named Seneb. The name was not quite get on the Kanopenfragment, which was found in the pyramid of the king. A prince named Chendjer appears on a stele in Liverpool and is perhaps a son of the ruler. A dated under Chendjer private stele from Abydos reported to renovations at the local temple.

His tomb

The Pyramid of Chendjer is the only of the 13th Dynasty, which was completed in what one concludes that her Pyramidion was found in black granite. Gustave Jéquier she discovered at Saqqara -South. In a side length of 52.5 m, it was probably around 38 m high.