Sesostris IV.

Name of Sesostris IV.
Horus name	Wehem- ankh Wḥm-ˁnḫ Who renews life
Sideline	Se-anch-taui S-ˁnḫ-t3wj Who animates the two countries
Gold name	Nefer-chau Nfr-ḫˁw With perfect appearances
Throne name	Senefer-ib-Re S.nfr-jb-R The heart of the re pleased
Proper name	(Sesostris) Senwosret / Senuseret S (j) n Wsrt Man of Wosret

Sesostris IV. Was a king ( pharaoh ) of the 13th dynasty , whose chronological classification is unclear. Kim Ryholt has recently assigned him to the 16th dynasty .

supporting documents

Sesostris IV is attested by the list of kings of Karnak , a colossal statue, a block from el-Tod and a fragment of a stele from his first year of reign from Karnak. A lintel made of Edfu and an ax blade are uncertain as to the attribution ; only the name Sesostris appears on both objects. The attribution to this ruler is based on stylistic observations.

See also

• List of pharaohs

literature

• Norbert Dautzenberg: SeneferibRe Sesostris IV. - a king of the 17th dynasty? In: Göttinger Miscellen . Volume 129, Göttingen 1992, pp. 43-48
• Kim Ryholt : The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (= Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Volume 20). Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0 , p. 391 (File 16 / e).
• Thomas Schneider : The Relative Chronology of the Middle Kingdom and the Hyksos Period (Dyns. 12-17). In: Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, David A. Warburton (eds.): Ancient Egyptian Chronology (= Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One. The Near and Middle East. Volume 83). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2006, ISBN 978-90-04-11385-5 , pp. 168-196 ( online ).

References and comments

1. ↑ The two lowest characters on the right are to be read mirror-inverted.
2. ↑ Inventory number of the Egyptian Museum Cairo : Cairo CG 42026.