Bebiankh
| Seuserenre Bebiankh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pharaoh of Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 1603–1591 BC or 1600–1588 BC, 16th Dynasty |
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| Predecessor | Semenre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Sekhemre Shedwast or Pepi III (Helck) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 1591 or 1588 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seuserenre Bebiankh was a native Ancient Egyptian king of the 16th Theban dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period and the successor of king Semenre. He is assigned a reign of 12 years in the Turin Canon (11.8).[1] Seuserenre is principally known by a stela found at Gebel Zeit that attests to mining activity conducted in this area by the Red Sea during his reign and preserves his royal nomen Bebiankh.[2] This modest stela records this king's activities in the Gebel Zeit galena mines.[3] He is also known to have built an extension to the Temple of Medamud.[4] Bebiankh's nomen was also found on a knife found in Naqada.
The German Egyptologist Jürgen von Beckerath attributes the Gebel Tjauti Rock inscription No.11 which relates the heliacal rise of Sothis and dating to a Year 11, 20 Shemu II to king Seuserenre. The inscription which has been dated to the period around 1593-1590 BC -deep within the Second Intermediate Period— [5][6] If correct, this would place Seuserenre's reign in the period from 1603 or 1600 BC to 1591 or 1588 BC. His prenomen, Seuserenre, means "He whom Ra causes to be strong".[7] He was succeeded either by a poorly known king named Sekhemre Shedwast or by the equally shadowy ruler Seneferankhre Pepi III.[8]
References [edit]
- ^ Kim Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c.1800-1550 B.C, Museum Tusculanum Press, (1997), p. 202
- ^ Ryholt, pp. 159-60
- ^ Janine Bourriau, "The Second Intermediate Period (c.1650-1550 BC)" in Ian Shaw (ed.) The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford University Press, 2000. p.205
- ^ XVIIth Dynasty
- ^ John Coleman Darnell, Theban Desert Road Survey in the Egyptian Western Desert, vol. 1 Gebel Tjauti Rock Inscriptions & and Wadi el-Hôl Rock Inscriptions 1-45. 2002
- ^ Gebel Tjauti Rock Inscription 11 pp.49-52
- ^ Titulary
- ^ Wolfgang Helck, Eberhard Otto, Wolfhart Westendorf, Stele - Zypresse: Volume 6 of Lexikon der Ägyptologie, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1986, Page 1383
| Preceded by Semenre |
Pharaoh of Egypt Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt |
Succeeded by Sekhemre Shedwast |
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