| Hotepibre Qemau Siharnedjheritef | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sehotepibre Hornedjheritef | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Drawing of the ceremonial mace handle with Hotepibre's name, from Ebla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 1 to 5 years possible,[1] 1791 BC - 1788 BC (Ryholt)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Ameny Qemau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Iufni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Ameny Qemau? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 13th dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hotepibre Qemau Siharnedjheritef (alsoSehetepibre I orSehetepibre II depending on the scholar) was anEgyptianpharaoh of the13th Dynasty during theSecond Intermediate Period.
Qemau Siharnedjheritef complete nomen means "Qemau's son, Horus he who seizes his power" and from this it is likely that he was the son of his predecessorAmeny Qemau and the grandson of kingAmenemhat V. Ryholt further proposes that he was succeeded by a king namedIufni, who may have been his brother or uncle. After the short reign of Iufni, the throne went to another grandson of Amenemhat V namedAmeny Antef Amenemhat VI.[4]
There are several attestations of Hotepibre in Lower Egypt and exchange with the Northern Levant.
A seated statue on a throne dedicated toPtah and bearing the name of Hotepibre was found inKhatana, but its location of origin is unknown.[5]
At Per Nemty (el-Atawla), nearAsyut (5 km) in the 12th Nome of Upper Egypt, a temple block with his name is now in theCairo Museum (Temp 25.4.22.3).[6][7]
Hotepibre is sometimes also credited as the founder of a palace recently rediscovered atTell El-Dab'a (the ancientAvaris).[8]
This pharaoh is also known by aceremonial mace found inside the so-called "Tomb of the Lord of the Goats" inEbla, in modern northernSyria;[9] the mace was a gift from Hotepibre to the Eblaite kingImmeya who was his contemporary.[10]
According to egyptologistsKim Ryholt and Darrell Baker, he was the sixth king of the dynasty, reigning for one to five years, possibly three years, from 1791 BC until 1788 BC.[1][2] Alternatively,Jürgen von Beckerath andDetlef Franke see him as the ninth king of the dynasty.[11][12][13]
