Seth (King)

Name of Seth (King)
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Seth , also Sutech or Seth I. , was an ancient Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ) of the 13th Dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ). He ruled around 1709 BC. Chr.

Evidence and find interpretation

This king is only recorded in the Turin Royal Papyrus and is considered the 20th ruler of the 13th dynasty. His throne name is incomplete. A stele from Abydos and inscriptions in Medamud are also attributed to him.

Jürgen von Beckerath suspects that Seth could be a king named in the Memphis priest family tree with the strange name "Aaqen" ( ˁ3qn - The donkey is strong ). King Seth's full name would have been “Sethqen” ( Seth is strong ). But since the god Seth was ostracized at the time of the 22nd Dynasty , the hieroglyph of the Seth animal in the name was replaced by the hieroglyph of the donkey ( ˁ3 ).

literature

Jürgen von Beckerath : Investigations into the political history of the second interim period in Egypt (= Egyptological research. Volume 23). Augustin, Glückstadt / New York 1964, pp. 53–54.
Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs . Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 , p. 269.
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 ).

Notes and individual references

↑ Add an ankh symbol above the knees of the Seth hieroglyph .
^ 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.
↑ Dating from Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen . Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 .

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

personal data
SURNAME	Seth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Seth I .; Sutech; Meribre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian king of the 13th dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1709 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	17th century BC Chr.

[1] Add an ankh symbol above the knees of the Seth hieroglyph .

[2] 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.

[3] Dating from Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen . Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 .