Sobekemsaf (queen)

Sobekemsaf was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 17th dynasty and consort of King Nub-cheper-Re Anjotef . She is known from a number of monuments and is probably buried in Edfu . On a stele from Edfu that belongs to her father, she is referred to as the king's wife . Her father's name is not on it. There are also two sisters, both with the title King's daughter , named. One of them is called Neferen. Sobekemsaf is also known from two gold bracelets that are now in the British Museum and are said to come from Edfu. The names Nub-cheper-Re Anjotef can also be found on both of them, which shows the connection with this ruler. The stele of Juef dates from the 18th dynasty and tells of renovation work on the tomb of Sobekemsaf. Since Sobekemsaf bears the title of king's daughter on the stele of Juef , it has been assumed that it cannot be the same person, as the title of king's daughter is otherwise not proven for them.

Individual evidence

^ R. Engelbach : Steles and tables of offerings of the Late Middle Kingdom from Tell Edfû , in: Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte. Volume 23, 1923, p. 116, plate 1, no. 6 ( online ).
↑ James Henry Breasted : Ancient Records of Egypt. Vol II. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1906, pp. 44-46 ( 114 ).
↑ Kim Ryholt : The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c. 1800–1550 BC (= The Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Volume 20, ISSN 0902-5499 ). The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0 , pp. 268-269.

personal data
SURNAME	Sobekemsaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mother of Nub-cheper-Re Anjotef
DATE OF BIRTH	16th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	16th century BC Chr.

[1] R. Engelbach : Steles and tables of offerings of the Late Middle Kingdom from Tell Edfû , in: Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte. Volume 23, 1923, p. 116, plate 1, no. 6 ( online ).

[2] James Henry Breasted : Ancient Records of Egypt. Vol II. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1906, pp. 44-46 ( 114 ).

[3] Kim Ryholt : The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c. 1800–1550 BC (= The Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Volume 20, ISSN 0902-5499 ). The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0 , pp. 268-269.