Wetka
Encyclopedia
Wetka was a Prince
of Egypt
, a man with the title "king's son". He is also called Tuka or Tuwka. He lived in the 4th dynasty of Egypt.
. Thus he was a grandson of Pharaoh Khufu
and Queen Henutsen
. Wetka's brother was Iuenka
and he also had one sister.
Prince Wetka appears in his parents' double mastaba at Giza where he is depicted offering papyrus
to his father. He also appears kneeling.
Prince
Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...
of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, a man with the title "king's son". He is also called Tuka or Tuwka. He lived in the 4th dynasty of Egypt.
Family
Wetka was a son of Prince Khufukhaf I and Princess consort Nefertkau IINefertkau II
Nefertkau II was an Ancient Egyptian princess consort, the wife of Prince Khufukhaf I, son of pharaoh Khufu.Nefertkau and Khufukhaf had several children including two sons named Wetka and Iuenka, as well as an unnamed daughter. Both sons Wetka and Iuenka appear in the tomb of Khufukhaf and...
. Thus he was a grandson of Pharaoh Khufu
Khufu
Khufu , also known as Cheops or, in Manetho, Suphis , was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 BC. Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of...
and Queen Henutsen
Henutsen
Henutsen was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 4th dynasty.- Biography :Henutsen was a daughter of Pharaoh Sneferu and his third wife. Henutsen married her elder half-brother Khufu. Her name is known only from a 16th dynasty stela, found next to an Isis' temple which was built during the reign of...
. Wetka's brother was Iuenka
Iuenka
Iuenka was a Prince of Egypt, a man with the title "king's son". He is also called Iunka, Yuwenka, Iun-ka and Iuwenka. He lived in the 4th dynasty of Egypt.- Family :...
and he also had one sister.
Prince Wetka appears in his parents' double mastaba at Giza where he is depicted offering papyrus
Papyrus
Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
to his father. He also appears kneeling.