Sobekhotep II

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Horus name
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Gold name
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Ankh -netscheru ˁnḫ-nṯrw
living one of the gods
Throne name
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Mighty one, a Re who protects the two countries
Proper name
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Amenemhet Sobekhotep
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Amun is at the top, Sobek is satisfied
Royal Papyrus Turin (No. VI 19)
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Amenemhet Sobekhotep
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Amun is at the top, Sobek is satisfied

Sobekhotep II , also Sebekhotep II and with the double name Amenemhet Sobekhotep , was an ancient Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ) of the 13th Dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ), who lived from around 1724 to 1718 BC. Ruled.

supporting documents

Sobekotep II. Amenemhet is known from construction work in Medamud . The account book of the Theban Palace ( Papyrus Boulaq 18 ) may date under him, but the name of the ruler in the papyrus is difficult to read. A certain Aja is named as a wife in the papyrus.

Its exact position is controversial as a king Chutaui-Re is named in the Turin Royal Papyrus as the first ruler and it is not certain whether this entry refers to him or to King Wegaf . If this entry means Amenemhet Sobekhotep, then he would be the first ruler of the 13th dynasty and thus be referred to as Sobekhotep I.

A relief of the king at the Sed festival comes from Medamud . Since this festival is a reigning anniversary, a longer reign of this king can be assumed if this festival was really celebrated and this representation is not only symbolic. Another block comes from the temple of Mentuhotep II in Deir el-Bahri. There are Nilstand knives from Lower Nubia, which are dated under him and show the year 4 of his reign.

On the stele Würzburg H. 35 his wife Aja is named together with her non-royal family, to which the vizier Anchu also belongs, who is not mentioned on this stele.

literature

  • Jürgen von Beckerath : Investigations into the political history of the second intermediate period in Egypt. Glückstadt 1964, pp. 46–49, 236–238, (XIII 16)
  • Kim Ryholt : The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (= Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Volume 20). Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0 , p. 341, file 13/20.
  • Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 , p. 255.
  • 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

  1. ↑ Dating from D. Franke in Thomas Schneider : Lexikon der Pharaonen. Munich 1997, p. 255.
  2. ^ KSB Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. Copenhagen 1997, pp. 316-317.
predecessor Office successor
Amenemhet VII. Or Nofrusobek Pharaoh of Egypt
13th Dynasty 		Chendjer or Amenemhet V.
personal data
SURNAME Sobekhotep II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sebekhotep II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian king of the 13th dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH before 1724 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 1718 BC Chr.