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Wetka

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See also "Wetka, Burma".
Wetka
Other namesTuka, Tuwka
TitlePrince of Egypt
Parent(s)Prince Khufukhaf I and Princess Nefertkau II
RelativesPharaoh Khufu (grandfather)
Queen Henutsen (grandmother)
Iuenka (brother)
sister
Pharaoh Khafra (uncle)

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.

Family

Wetka was a son of Prince Khufukhaf I and Princess consort Nefertkau II. Thus he was a grandson of Pharaoh Khufu and Queen Henutsen. Wetka's brother was Iuenka and he also had one sister.[1]

Prince Wetka appears in his parents' double mastaba at Giza where he is depicted offering papyrus to his father. He also appears kneeling.[2]

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