| Khaankhre Sobekhotep | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sobekhotep I, Sobekhotep II, Sobekhotep IV (depending on chronology) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Sebekhotep II on one of the blocks from a chapel of Abydos,Louvre, B. 3-5, C. 9-10. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reign | three to four-and-a-half years,c. 1735 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Nedjemibre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Renseneb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Monuments | Chapel inAbydos[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 13th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Khaankhre Sobekhotep was a minor king of theThirteenth Dynasty of Egypt during theSecond Intermediate Period.
His chronological position is much debated. In literature, Khaankhre Sobekhotep is known as Sobekhotep I. However, he is now believed to beSobekhotep II orSobekhotep IV (in some newer studies).[2][3]
AtAbydos, Khaankhre Sobekhotep is attested by a relief from a chapel.[4][5] Of unknown provenance is a fragment of an inscribed column.[6] His name Khaankhre Sobekhotep also appears on a granite statue pedestal.[7][8][9]
TheKarnak king list preserves his prenomenKhaankhre. This list of kings was made during the reign ofThutmose III.
Other king lists, like theAbydos King List simply omitted all rulers between Amenemhat IV and Ahmose I - perhaps because they were minor kings who only controlled some estates or parts of the country in competition with other claimants.
TheTurin canon 6:15 preserves the nomenSobek[hote]pre. The addition of -re may be a scribal error, as the correct entry would be Sobekhotep. This list of kings was made during the reign ofRamesses II. Khaankhre Sobekhotep is often associated with this entry, but it is not certain. The nomen Sobekhotep can refer to any king using this nomen, for instanceSobekhotep I. This part of the king list is also so fragmentary and uncertain that it is hard to interpret.
The nomen Sobekhotep as used by Khaankhre is without the Sobek-hieroglyph used in the Turin King List.
While Khaankhre Sobekhotep is regarded as a ruler of the 13th Dynasty, his chronological position is debated.
His reign was most likely short. Ryholt has suggested three to four-and-a-half years.[8]
According to egyptologistsKim Ryholt and Darrell Baker, Khaankhre Sobekhotep was the 13th pharaoh of the dynasty and had a short reignc. 1735 BC. Alternatively,Jürgen von Beckerath sees him as the 16th pharaoh of the dynasty.[2][10]
Ryholt mentions that Sobekhotep I may be identical with Sobekhotep II, who is only mentioned as Sobekhotep in theTurin King List.[8] Others, like Dodson, consider Khaankhre Sobekhotep II and Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep I to be two different rulers from the 13th Dynasty,[11] while Bierbrier lists Khaankhre Sobekhotep I and Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep II.[12]
Recently Simon Connor and Julien Siesse investigated the style of the king's monument and argue that he reigned much later than previously thought (afterSobekhotep IV – who would become Sobekhotep III).[13]
Media related toSebekhotep Khaankhre at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceded by | Pharaoh of Egypt Thirteenth Dynasty | Succeeded by |
