Sobekhotep V

Sobekhotep V
Kneeling statue of Sobekhotep V, on display at the Altes Museum, Berlin
Pharaoh of Egypt
Predecessor	Sobekhotep IV
Successor	Wahibre Ibiau or Sobekhotep VI
Royal titulary

Sobekhotep V was an Egyptian king of the 13th Dynasty. His birth name was Sobekhotep, and his throne name was Merhotepre

Sobekhotep V appears in the Turin King List as the successor of Sobekhotep IV. According to this document, he only reigned for four years. Sobekhotep IV was perhaps his father, as he had a son called 'Sobekhotep'. Sobekhotep V is known from a statue found at Kerma and from several scarab seals.

See also

• List of Pharaohs

References

• K.S.B. Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997).