Neferhotep I.

Name of Neferhotep I.
Neferhotep I, statuette
Horus name	Gereg-taui Grg-t3.w (j) who founded the two countries
Sideline	Wep-maat Wp-m3ˁ.t Who works the truth
Gold name	Men-merut Mn-mrwt Continuously popular
Throne name	Cha-Sechem-Re Ḫˁ-sḫm-Rˁ The power of Re appears
Proper name	Neferhotep Nfr ḥtp Perfect and satisfied
Royal Papyrus Turin (No. VI./25)	Cha-Re -...- nefer-hetep Ḫˁ-Rˁ -...- nfr-htp Appearance of Re, ... beautiful and satisfied
Karnak King List	Cha-Sechem-Re Ḫˁ-sḫm-Rˁ The power of Re appears

Neferhotep I was an important ancient Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ) of the 13th Dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ), who lived from around 1742 to around 1733 BC. Or according to another chronology (see list of pharaohs ) from around 1705 to around 1694 BC. Ruled.

ancestry

Neferhotep I came from a rather middle-class family and was probably born in Thebes like his brother King Sobekhotep IV . His grandfather was the " city ​​soldier " Nehy, whose wife was a certain Senebtisi. The official title of his father Haanchef is not known, as he is only ever named as the Father of God and in this case this is only a name for a bourgeois king's father. The mother of Neferhotep I was called Kemi, his wife Senebsen. He had a son named Haanchef and a daughter named Kemi, named after his paternal grandparents. Sobekhotep IV., The brother of Neferhotep I, claims on a stele that he was born in Thebes. From this it can be concluded that the whole family came from Thebes.

supporting documents

A relief comes from Byblos that shows the local ruler Inten , paying homage to Neferhotep I and thus proving trade relations with this city at that time.

A large stele comes from Abydos , which tells of the erection of an Osiris cult image. In Abydos, the ruler also seems to have built, as the blocks with his name suggest. Numerous rock inscriptions near Aswan are certainly from the various royal expeditions . After eleven years of reign, his brother Sobekhotep IV became his successor. Large statues of him come from Karnak , including two pseudo-groups, these are statues that show the same person next to each other. In Turin Royal Papyrus his brother is the direct successor Sihathor noted, but there has been no further evidence that he ever really ruled. Perhaps he was coregent for a while, but who died before his brother.

His civil service

His civil service is relatively well known. Treasurers were a certain Senebsumai and his successor Senebi . The main domain administrator was Titi .

literature

• Jürgen von Beckerath : Investigations into the political history of the second intermediate period in Egypt. (= Egyptological research. Volume 23). Augustin, Glückstadt / New York 1964, pp. 55–56.
• K .SB 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 , pp. 345-348, file 13/27.
• 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 ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin . Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3 , illustration 3; The presentation of the entry in the Turin papyrus, which differs from the usual syntax for hieroboxes, is based on the fact that open cartridges were used in the hieratic . The alternating time-missing-time presence of certain name elements is due to material damage in the papyrus.
2. ↑ Dating from Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen. Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 .
3. ^ W. Vivian Davies: A Statue of the "King's Son, Sahathor", from Thebes. In: Heike Guksch, Daniel Polz (Hrsg.): Stations Contributions to the cultural history of Egypt dedicated to Rainer Stadelmann. von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2526-6 , pp. 177-179.

predecessor	Office	successor
Sobekhotep III.	Pharaoh of Egypt 13th Dynasty	Sahathor