Sechemre-Wepmaat Anjotef

Name of Sechemre-Wepmaat Anjotef
Horus name	Wep-maat Wp-m3ˁt Who judges justly
Throne name	Sechem-Re-wep-maat Sḫm-Rˁ-wp-m3ˁt Mighty is (like) Re , who judges justly
Proper name	Iniitefaa Jnj jt = f ˁ3 The great one who brings his father (who brings his great father)

The rishi coffin of the ruler

Sechemre-Wepmaat Anjotef (also Anjotef V. or Antef V. and throne name actually written Sechem-Re-wep-maat-anjotef ) was an ancient Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ) of the 17th dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ) and ruled after Franke around 1570 to 1560 BC Chr.

numbering

The order of rulers of the Second Intermediate Period is still very difficult. After today Nub-cheper-Re Anjotef , formerly placed at the beginning of the dynasty , was probably the last Anjotef due to the research of the German Archaeological Institute , one should now call "Anjotef-sixem-Re-wep-maat" "Anjotef V." as it is likely to be placed at the beginning of the dynasty. Ryholt calls him "Antef VI.", But also sees him as the first ruler with the name "Antef" within the 17th dynasty.

supporting documents

A document from the 20th dynasty ( Papyrus Abbott ) has been preserved, which contains the investigation of his grave by the "Grave Robber Commission". Anjotef was buried in Dra Abu el-Naga ( West Thebes ). Modern grave robbers then plundered the grave around 1850. The pyramidion of the grave pyramid , a canopic box and a rishi coffin ("spring coffin"), which were found in the rubble, have been preserved.

There is an inscription on his coffin stating that the coffin was donated by a King Antef. This is known as the ruler's brother. Von Beckerath suspected that it was Antef Sechemre-heru-her-maat.

Outside of his grave, the king is otherwise only known from an ax blade that is now in Berlin , although this could also have come from the grave.

literature

• Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300-1069 BC). Bannerstone Press, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9 , pp. 150–151, → Intef V.
• Jürgen von Beckerath : Investigations into the political history of the second intermediate period in Egypt. (= Egyptological research. Vol. 23). Augustin, Glückstadt / New York 1964, pp. 171–72, 292 (XVII 11).
• Kim Ryholt : The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period ( Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Vol. 20). Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0 , pp. 267, 393, file 17/3.
• Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 77, → Antef VI.
• 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. ↑ Ryholt: The Political Situation. P. 393.
2. ↑ Inventory number of the British Museum London : BM E 478
3. ↑ Inventory number of the Louvre: Louvre E. 2538
4. ↑ Inventory number of the Louvre: Louvre E. 3019
5. ↑ von Beckerath: Investigations. P. 293.
6. ↑ Inventory number: Berlin 6/62

predecessor	Office	successor
Sobekemsaf II.	Pharaoh of Egypt 17th Dynasty	Anjotef VI.