Nynecher

Nynecher was the third pharaoh of the Second Dynasty of Egypt; he reigned c. 2823-2788 B.C. C..

Manetho calls him Binotris (Sixth African Julius) or Biophis (Eusebius of Caesarea) and attributes a 37-year reign to him.

La Piedra de Palermo mentions the celebration of numerous religious festivities, the census and a cattle census (every two years).

The policy of displacement towards the north of the country, initiated by his predecessors, continues as a way of consolidating the unification undertaken by the first Pharaoh Menes.

Manetho comments that during this reign it was legislated that women could exercise royal power.

Testimonies of his time

• Stamp prints in a gallery near the Unis pyramid in Saqqara; perhaps the burial site of Nynecher (Hassan) (Wilkinson)
• Seal prints in a large tomb of Guiza (Petrie)
• Seal prints, graves 2171 and 2302 in Saqqara (Quibell)
• Helwan Inscriptions (Saad)

Palermo Stone. Fragment corresponding to the reign of Nynecher.

Degree

Name of Horus:

(Nynecher) Divine (Piedra de Palermo)

Name of Nebty:

(Nynecher) Divine

Name of Hor-Nub:

r nwb (Ren nub) (Piedra de Palermo)

Name of Nesut-Bity:

b) n nestr (Banecheren) The Divine Ba (Royal List of Abidos No. 11)

Name of Nesut-Bity:

b) n margin w (Banecheru) The Divine Ba (Real List of Saqqara No. 5)

Name of Nesut-Bity:

... n nest (... n necher) ...n necher (Real Canon of Turin 2.22)