Wegaf

Name of Wegaf
Horus name	Sechem-netjeru Sḫm-nṯrw The power of the gods
Sideline	Chai-bau Ḫˁj-b3w The Bas (souls) appear / The power appears
Gold name	Meri-… (taui) Mrj… (tw3j) loved by [both countries]
Throne name	Chui-taui-Re Ḫwj-t3wj-Rˁ Re protects the two countries
Proper name	Wegaf Wgj = f
Royal Papyrus Turin (No. VI./3.)	Chui-taui-Re Ḫwj-t3wj-Rˁ Re protects the two countries
Karnak King List	Chui-taui-Re Ḫwj-t3wj-Rˁ Re protects the two countries

Wegaf , also Ugaf , was an ancient Egyptian king ( pharaoh ) of the early 13th Dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ), who lived around 1794 to 1757 BC. Ruled.

supporting documents

After the royal papyrus Turin he is the first ruler of the 13th dynasty. His reign was only 2 years, 3 months and 24 days. Contemporary monuments name only one king with the throne name Chui-taui-Re , but a Sobekhotep known from objects from the 13th Dynasty bears a very similar throne name: Sechem-Re-Chui-taui. That is why this Sobekhotep is often accepted as the first ruler of the 13th dynasty (see also: Sobekhotep II. )

A seated statue dedicated to the god Dedwen was found by Wegaf from the fortress Semna , a stele from Mirgissa on the 2nd cataract, as well as a stele and remains of a statue from Karnak . He is also named on a boat stand from Medamud , which is said to date from the time of Amenemhet VII , if it is assumed that this ruler had his inscriptions placed there first.

In the British Museum in London there is a scarab from a " royal sealer " and "great chief" named Wegaf. The name Wegaf is not very common, so it can be assumed that this object dates from before Wegaf became king.

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. 30–31, 226, XIII. 1.
• KSB 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 , pp. 219-220, 317, 341-342, file 13/21.
• Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 , pp. 310-311.
• 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 ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alan H. Gardiner : The royal canon of Turin. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3 , illustration 3.
2. ↑ Dating from Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen. Munich 1997.
3. ↑ so z. B. Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. Copenhagen 1997 p. 317, which indicates that the name of Wegaf on a boat stand from Medamud is later than the name of Amenemhet VII
4. ↑ Inventory number of the National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum : Khartoum 65
5. ↑ Inventory number of the National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum: Khartoum IM. 375
6. ↑ Inventory number of the Egyptian Museum Cairo : Kairo JE 37510
7. ↑ Inventory number of the Egyptian Museum Cairo: Kairo JE 33740
8. ↑ so first: Detlef Franke : On the Chronology of the Middle Kingdom Part II: The so-called “Second Intermediate Time” of Ancient Egypt. In: Orientalia. Nove Series. Volume 57, No. 3, 1988, p. 249, No. 5.

predecessor	Office	successor
Nofrusobek or Amenemhet VII.	Pharaoh of Egypt 13th Dynasty (beginning)	Amenemhet V. or Chendjer