Pepy II (Part II): Authority Abroad.
Twenty-five ears into his reign, Pepy II is established in power. But can this monarch rule effectively on his own, without the guidance he received as a child? To project his authority, Pepy commissions royal agents to represent him in foreign lands. Four men are drawn from two families.
From the Pepynakht family comes Pepynakht Hery-ib and his son, Sabni (1). Hery-ib visits Palestine; his son visits Wawat (Nubia).
Another group comes from the Mekhu family: Sabni (2) and Mekhu. These men visit Nubia on expeditions to return Egyptian bodies to the homeland.
Bibliography
- Deborah Vischak, Community and Identity in Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom Cemetery at Qubbet el-Hawa, 2014 (Google Books): 225-238.
- Ancient Egypt Online – Pepy II
- William Kelly Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003.
- Nicolas Grimal, A History of Egypt, 1994.
