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Wetka

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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 Khafre (uncle)

Wetka was an ancient Egyptian high official, bearing the honorary title of "king's son". He is also called Tuka or Tuwka. He lived in the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.

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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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