Hudjefa II.

Name of Hudjefa II.
	Cartouche No. 18 in the list of kings of Abydos with the name "Sedjes" (detail)
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Hudjefa II. Is the erroneous name of an ancient Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ) in the Royal Papyrus of Turin , who from about 2695 BC. Ruled for five to six years in the 3rd Dynasty . Due to the completely scratched name entry, the king's name was entered as the successor to Sechemchet in the cartouche with Hudjefa ("erased"). Subsequent scribes , who in turn made copies, considered "Hudjefa" to be a ruler's name, as the word was surrounded by a cartouche.

The assignment and classification of this name is controversial in Egyptology . In the list of kings of Abydos , the kings name in question was given as “Sedjes”, which means “omitted” in German and has the same meaning and origin as the word Hudjefa . Thomas Schneider , Jürgen von Beckerath and Rainer Hannig see Hudjefa II, or “Sedjes”, as the predecessor of the Mesochris and the successor of the Sechemchet.

literature

Hans Goedicke : King Hwḏf3? . In: Journal of Egyptian Archeology (JEA) 42 . Egypt Exploration Society, London 1956, pp. 50-53.
Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800 - 950 BC) . von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1284.
Wolfgang Helck : Investigations on the Thinite Age (= Ägyptologische Abhandlungen. (ÄA) Vol. 45). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-447-02677-4 .
Stephan J. Seidlmayer : The Relative Chronology of Dynasty 3. In: Erik Hornung , Rolf Krauss , David A. Warburton (eds.): Ancient Egyptian Chronology (= Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1: The Near and Middle East. Vol. 83). Brill, Leiden et al. 2006, ISBN 90-04-11385-1 , pp. 116-123 ( online ).
Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs . Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 135.
Jürgen von Beckerath : Handbook of the ancient Egyptian king names . von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6 .

Web links

Turin Royal Papyrus

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Alan H. Gardiner : The Royal Canon of Turin. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3 , p. 13 & illustration II.
↑ Wolfgang Helck: Investigations on the thinite age . Wiesbaden 1987, p. 109.
↑ The year the government took office cannot be determined with certainty; according to Thomas Schneider: Lexicon of the Pharaohs . P. 315.

predecessor	Office	successor
Sechemchet	King of Egypt 3rd Dynasty	Mesochris

personal data
SURNAME	Hudjefa II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian king of the 3rd dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	27th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	27th century BC Chr.

[AHG-1] A ^b Alan H. Gardiner : The Royal Canon of Turin. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3 , p. 13 & illustration II.

[2] Wolfgang Helck: Investigations on the thinite age . Wiesbaden 1987, p. 109.

[3] The year the government took office cannot be determined with certainty; according to Thomas Schneider: Lexicon of the Pharaohs . P. 315.