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Heqaib

Ancient Egyptian nomarch

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Also known as Pepinakht

Born: 3rd millennium BCE
Citizenship: Ancient Egypt
Occupation: civil servant
Positions held: nomarch

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Pepinakht, nicknamed Heqaib, also Hekaib or Hekayeb, was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 1st Nome of Upper Egypt under king Pepi II, towards the end of the 6th Dynasty. He was also an officer in charge of military expeditions in Nubia.

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Tomb of Heqaib (Pepinakht)tomb of the 6th dynasty of Egypt in Qubbet el-Hawa, Aswan, of the nomarch Heqaib (Pepinakht)

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