Tale of King Neferkara and General Sasenet

Anonymous / tradition · c. 19th century BC (composition; surviving copy is a later Ramesside ostracon) · Itjtawy (Egypt) · other

A fragmentary tale reports, without moral comment, that King Neferkara (Pepi II) regularly slipped from the palace at night to visit his general Sasenet, a rare and startling glimpse of Egyptian narrative implying a same-sex royal relationship.