Sobekhotep I
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Sobekhotep I was an Egyptian
king
(throne name: Khaankhre) of the 13th Dynasty
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as Sobekhotep and is otherwise mainly known from reliefs coming from a chapel set up in Abydos
and from a fragment of a column. His reign was most likely only very short.
The name of Khaankhre Sobekhotep (I) appears in an inscription from the Amherst collection. The inscription is part of a granite statue pedestal. The piece was acquired in 1982 by the British museum (BM 69497).
. Sobekhotep II is only mentioned as Sobekhotep in the Turin King List
. Others, like Dodson, consider Khaahnkhre Sobekhotep II and Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep I to be two different rulers from the 13th dynasty , while Bierbrier lists Khaahnkhre Sobekhotep I and Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep II.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
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Pharaoh
Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. The title originates in the term "pr-aa" which means "great house" and describes the royal palace...
(throne name: Khaankhre) of the 13th Dynasty
Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt
The thirteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt is often combined with Dynasties XI, XII and XIV under the group title Middle Kingdom. Other writers separate it from these dynasties and join it to Dynasties XIV through XVII as part of the Second Intermediate Period...
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Evidence
He appears in the Turin King ListTurin King List
The Turin King List, also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is a hieratic papyrus thought to date from the reign of Ramesses II, now in the Museo Egizio at Turin...
as Sobekhotep and is otherwise mainly known from reliefs coming from a chapel set up in Abydos
Abydos, Egypt
Abydos is one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, and also of the eight Upper Nome, of which it was the capital city. It is located about 11 kilometres west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N, near the modern Egyptian towns of el-'Araba el Madfuna and al-Balyana...
and from a fragment of a column. His reign was most likely only very short.
The name of Khaankhre Sobekhotep (I) appears in an inscription from the Amherst collection. The inscription is part of a granite statue pedestal. The piece was acquired in 1982 by the British museum (BM 69497).
Identity
Ryholt mentions that Sobekhotep I may be identical with Sobekhotep IISobekhotep II
birth name: Sobekhotep throne name: Sekhemre KhutawySobekhotep II was an Egyptian king of the 13th Dynasty.He is known from several monuments, including a statue, several Nile level records in Nubia and from building works at Medamud and Luxor...
. Sobekhotep II is only mentioned as Sobekhotep in the Turin King List
Turin King List
The Turin King List, also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is a hieratic papyrus thought to date from the reign of Ramesses II, now in the Museo Egizio at Turin...
. Others, like Dodson, consider Khaahnkhre Sobekhotep II and Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep I to be two different rulers from the 13th dynasty , while Bierbrier lists Khaahnkhre Sobekhotep I and Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep II.