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{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian king and pharaoh}} {{other uses}} {{Infobox pharaoh | name = Huni | alt_name = Hu-en-nisut, Ny-Swteh, Nisut-Hu, [[Qahedjet]] (?), Kerpheris, Aches | image = Head of a King, ca. 2650-2600 B.C.E..jpg | image_alt = | caption = Pink granite head possibly depicting Huni, [[Brooklyn Museum]]<ref>[https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3482 "Head of a King". Brooklyn Museum]</ref> | role = | reign = 24 regnal years<ref>Turin King List 4.08</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Schneider |first= Thomas |title= Lexikon der Pharaonen |publisher= Albatros |location= Düsseldorf |year= 2002 |ISBN= 978-3-491-96053-4 |page= 99}}</ref><br>2636-2613 BC | dynasty = [[Third Dynasty of Egypt|3rd Dynasty]] | coregency = | predecessor = [[Khaba]] (?) | successor = [[Sneferu]] | notes = | prenomen = <br/>'''Abusir stone bowl'''<br/>''Niswt-bitj Hw-en-Niswt''<br/><hiero>M23:X1-L2:X1-M23-X1:N35-V28</hiero><br/><br/>'''Elephantine cone/Palermo stone'''<br/>''Hw-en-Niswt''<br/><hiero><-M23-X1:N35-V28-></hiero><br/><br/>'''Papyrus Prisse'''<br/>''Hwj''<br/>''The smiter''<br/><hiero><-A25-N35:Z4-></hiero><br/><br/> '''[[Saqqara Tablet]]'''<br/>''Hwj''<br/>''The smiter''<br/><hiero><-V28-A25-N35:Z4-D40-></hiero><br/><br/>'''[[Turin King List]]'''<br/>''King Hw...''<br/><hiero><-V28-Z5-A25-HASH->-G7</hiero> | prenomen_hiero = | nomen = | nomen_hiero = | horus = | horus_hiero = | horus_prefix = <!-- Default is <hiero>G5</hiero> --> | nebty = | nebty_hiero = | golden = | golden_hiero = | spouse = [[Djefatnebti]] (?),<br>[[Meresankh I]] (?) | children = [[Hetepheres I]] (?),<br>[[Sneferu]] (?) | father = | mother = | birth_date = | death_date = | burial = | monuments = Cultic step pyramid and palace at [[Elephantine]] }} '''Huni''' (original reading unknown) was an [[ancient Egypt]]ian king, the last [[pharaoh]] of the [[Third Dynasty of Egypt]] during the [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] period. Based on the [[Turin King List|Turin king list]], he is commonly credited with a reign of 24 years, ending c. 2613 BC. Huni's chronological position as the last king of the third dynasty is fairly certain, but there is uncertainty about the succession order of rulers at the end of the third dynasty. It is also unclear under which [[Hellenization|Hellenized]] name the ancient historian [[Manetho]] listed him in his ''Aegyptiacae'': mostly likely '''Aches''', as [[:de:Winfried Barta|Winfried Barta]] proposes.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} Many Egyptologists believe that Huni was the father and direct predecessor of King [[Sneferu]], but this is questioned by other scholars. Huni is seen by scholars as a confusing figure in Egyptian history, because he was long remembered in Egyptian traditions, but very few documents, objects or monuments from his reign have survived.<ref name=TAHW/>
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