| Seuserenre Bebiankh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Bronze dagger bearing the inscription "The son of Ra, Bebiankh, given life".British Museum EA 66062. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 12 years 1603-1591 BC 1600-1588 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Semenre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Sekhemre Shedwaset orSeneferankhre (Helck) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 1591 or 1588 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 16th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seuserenre Bebiankh was a king in Upper Egypt during theSecond Intermediate Period. He is often placed in the16th Theban Dynasty and hisprenomen or royal name is mentioned in the Turin King List with a reign of 12 years.
Based on an interpretation of the Turin King List, Bebiankh was succeeded either by a poorly known king namedSekhemre Shedwast.[1] Also suggested is the equally shadowy rulerSeneferankhre Pepi IV.[2]
Bebiankh is only attested in a small region of Upper Egypt.
AtGebel Zeit (Red Sea), a modest stela preserves his prenomenSeuserenre and nomenBebiankh, attesting to mining activity in the nearbygelena mines.[3][4][5] Mining expeditions to Gebel Zeit often departed fromCoptos (Quft), cf.Minemhat of Coptos.
AtMedamud, he built an extension to theTemple of Montu.[6]
InNaqada, the nomen of Bebiankh is found on a bronze dagger with the inscription:Son of Ra, Bebiankh, given life.[7][1]
TheKarnak King List from the time of Thutmose III mentions: 27. Se-user-en-re. Here he is placed betweenNubkheperre andSenakhtenre.
TheTurin King List 11:08 from the time of Ramesses II mentions: The Dual King Seuserenra reigned 12 years, months lost, x days.[8] In the list he is preceded by 11:07 Semenra and succeeded by 11:09Sekhemre Shedwaset, often interpreted as chronological.
The name Seuserenre consists of word-components: s-wsr-n-r'
A recently published historical inscription in Davies (2003) from the tomb of Sobeknakht II.[11][full citation needed] Which describes a campaign into the Nile valley by a Nubian coalition of Lower Nubians, Upper Nubian islanders, Puntites and Medjay.[11] Along with its successful expulsion, is dated to the reign of Seusenre Bebiankh (or shortly afterwards) by Bennett (2002).[12][full citation needed]
ḏd.t=i sḏm=tn ꜥnḫ.w tp-tꜣ n.t(i)t iy.t kꜣš ẖzi fgꜣ r-ꜣw=f snhp.n=f wḥw.wt wꜣwꜣ.t (ḥ)ꜣ(w)-nb.(w)t n.(i)w ḫnt-ḥn-nfr pwnt mḏꜣw.w
I said, “Listen you living ones upon earth, that vile Kush came, arousing its length, it having stirred up the tribes of Lower Nubia, the islanders of Upper Nubia, Punt and the Medjay.”[11][13]
| Preceded by | Pharaoh of Egypt Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Succeeded by |
