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Snefru

First king of the Fourth Dynasty (about 2600-2450). Famous as the first king for whom a true pyramid was constructed as burial place. The cult of king Sneferu flourished in the Middle Kingdom, and in that period many people were named after the king: the Middle Egyptian literary composition known as the Prophecy of Neferty is set in his reign.

Horus name: Neb-maat
Nebty name: Neb-maat-nebty
Golden Falcon name: Bik-nub
Nomen: Snefru

Burial place: Dahshur. The king built three big pyramids. The first one in Meydum, the two others in Dahshur.

Attestations:

Entries on the Palermo stone, mentioning a campaign against Nubia
Seal impression from Hierakonpolis (Quibell/Green 1902: pl. LXX.2)
Inscriptions at Magharah (Sinai) (Sethe 1933: 7-8; Gardiner/Peet/Cern� 1955: nos. 5-6)
see a graffito with his name found at Meydum
A metal tool with the name of the king, bought at Gizeh (Petrie/Mackay/Wainwright 1910: XXXVI.40)

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Bibliography:

Petrie 1925a 45-53 (list of sources then known: Petrie placed Snefru as last king of the Third Dynasty)
Stadelmann 1987 (on the chronology and length of Snefru's reign, arguing for a reign of about 40 years)