Chaanchre Sobekhotep

Name of Chaanchre Sobekhotep
Stela of Sobekhotep I .; Louvre , Paris
Horus name	Sema-taui Sm3-t3wj Who unites the two countries
Sideline	Djed-chaju Ḏd-ḫˁjw Constant in appearances
Gold name	Kau-netjeru K3w-nṯr.w (Mit) Ka -forces of the gods
Throne name	Chai-anch-Re ḫˁj-ˁnḫ-Rˁ Living apparition, a Re
Proper name	Sobekhotep Sbk ḥtp Sobek is satisfied
Turin Royal Papyrus	Sobek - [hot] ep-Re […] Sbk - .. p ..- Rˁ Sobek is satisfied

Chaanchre Sobekhotep (other spelling Chaanchre Sebekhotep ) was an ancient Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ) of the 13th Dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ), who lived around 1735 BC. Ruled.

supporting documents

Chaanchre is a little-known king of the 13th Dynasty. This ruler appears as Chai-anch-Re in the list of kings of Karnak . He is perhaps identical to the Sobekhotep who appears in column 6, line 15 of the Turin Royal Papyrus. However, this identification is not mandatory, which means that the classification of the ruler within the 13th dynasty is not beyond all doubt. It is interesting that behind his name in the Turin royal papyrus there is a "son of" to be recognized. The following name has been largely destroyed, but it was certainly not royal, which means that this king was proud of his bourgeois origin and had this noted in the king's lists. Something similar is known from Neferhotep I , who a little later also repeatedly mentions his non-royal parents.

The other names are known from an altar and a stele from Abydos and probably come from a small chapel, the base of a statue probably comes from Karnak (it is dedicated to God Amun-Re ), the fragment of a column is of unknown origin. The length of his reign is unknown, but is unlikely to have been very long. Recent studies put the ruler in the later 13th dynasty.

In the summer of 2013, an empty 60-ton quartzite sarcophagus was discovered in a grave in the Abydos necropolis by archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania under the direction of Josef W. Wegner . However, it was initially unknown who was buried in the tomb, which was originally located below a pyramid. At the end of December 2013, archaeologists found parts of a relief there depicting a ruler sitting on a throne. The beginning of the name cartouche with the first Sobek hieroglyph is preserved on another fragment . The found pottery and the similarity of the tomb with the Ameni Qemau pyramid suggest that Sobekhotep I was buried here. However, later investigations indicated that the tomb probably belongs to Sobekhotep IV .

literature

• Jürgen von Beckerath : Investigations into the political history of the second intermediate period in Egypt. Glückstadt 1964, pp. 42-43.
• Kim Ryholt : The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. Copenhagen 1927, ISBN 87-7289-421-0 , p. 339, File 13/13 (there as Sobekhotep II.).
• 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 ).

Web links

• Sobek-hotep I. on Digital Egypt

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ Dating from Thomas Schneider : Lexikon der Pharaonen. Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 .
2. ↑ cf. the discussion in: K. Ryholt: The Political Situation. Copenhagen 1927, p. 215.
3. ↑ inventory number Louvre , B.3-5, C.9-10; E. Bresciani: Un edificio di Kha-anekh-Ra Sobekhotep ad Abdido. In: Egitto e Vicino Oriente. Volume II, 1979, pp. 1-20.
4. ↑ London British Museum EA 69497; N. Reeves: Miscellanea Epigraphica (= studies on ancient Egyptian culture. Volume 13, 1986). Pp. 165–67, plate 19.
5. ↑ Inventory number: London, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology UCL 14411.
6. ↑ Simon Connor, Julien Siesse: Nouvelle datation pour le roi Sobekhotep Khâânkhrê. In: Revue d'Égyptologie. Volume 66, 2015, pp. 227-247; see also Julien Siesse: Throne Names Patterns as a Clue for the Internal Chronology of the 13th to 17th Dynasties (Late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period). In: Göttinger Miscellen . (GM) Volume 246. 2015, pp. 75-98 ( online ).
7. ^ A sarcophagus found in the Abydos necropolis Bayerischer Rundfunk Kultur, January 6, 2014
8. ^ The History Blog
9. ^ J. Wegner: A Royal Necropolis at Abydos. In: Near Eastern Archeology. Volume 78, No. 2, 2015, p. 70.

predecessor	Office	successor
Nedjemibre	Pharaoh of Egypt 13th Dynasty	Renseneb