Heqaib
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thumb|Entrance of the tomb of Heqaib at Qubbet el-Hawa Pepinakht, nicknamed Heqaib, also Hekaib or Hekayeb (), was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 1st Nome of Upper Egypt ("Land of the Bow") under king Pepi II, towards the end of the 6th Dynasty. He was also an officer in charge of military expeditions in Nubia.
Key facts
- Egyptian dignitary.Style
- Nomarchof the 1st nome of Upper Egypt
- Egyptian dignitary.Name
- Pepinakht
- Egyptian dignitary.Egyptian_name
- N35:M3:Aa1*X1PepinakhtS38-q-G1-ib-D58Heqaib
- Egyptian dignitary.Burial
- Aswan, Egypt
- Egyptian dignitary.Children
- Sabni
- Egyptian dignitary.Dynasty
- 6th dynasty
- Egyptian dignitary.Pharaoh
- Pepi II
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- Qubbet el-Hawa Heqa-ib 02.JPG
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- Heqaib
- date of birth
- 2300-00-00
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thumb|Entrance of the tomb of Heqaib at Qubbet el-Hawa Pepinakht, nicknamed Heqaib, also Hekaib or Hekayeb (), was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 1st Nome of Upper Egypt ("Land of the Bow") under king Pepi II, towards the end of the 6th Dynasty. He was also an officer in charge of military expeditions in Nubia.
Heqaib was posthumously deified for his military prowess.