Semqen

Smqn
The Brave / Brave (?)

Semqen is the proper name of an ancient Egyptian petty king or prince of the Second Intermediate Period (approx. 1650 to 1550 BC), which so far cannot be classified more precisely within this epoch.

It bears the title "Heqa-Chasut", which translates as "ruler of foreign lands" and from which the word Hyksos is derived. Semqen is so far only attested on a single scarab that was found in Tell el-Yahudiya in the eastern Nile delta. Semqen's position is controversial. Ryholt tentatively sees him as the first ruler of the 15th dynasty, but points out that Heqa-Chasut , with one exception, is never associated with the royal statute and that these people were more civil servants and not kings, as is often assumed.

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 , p. 378.
Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 262.

Individual evidence

↑ KSB 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 , p. 383, file 15/1 .

personal data
SURNAME	Semqen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian king of the 16th dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century BC BC or 16th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	17th century BC BC or 16th century BC Chr.

[1] KSB 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 , p. 383, file 15/1 .