| Iyibkhentre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Drawing of an inscription depicting Iyibkhentre's titulary. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | early 20th century BCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | 11th–12th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iyibkhentre was anancient Egyptian orNubian ruler who most likely reigned at the end of the11th and beginning of the12th Dynasty.
He could have been apretender to the Egyptian throne headquartered inLower Nubia, during the politically sensitive period within the reign ofMentuhotep IV of the 11th Dynasty and the early reign ofAmenemhat I of the 12th Dynasty.[1][3] In fact, both those rulers seem to have had problems in being universally recognized as legitimatepharaohs.
HungarianEgyptologist László Török suggested a much more recent dating for Iyibkhentre (as well as for the other related rulers mentioned below), some time after the reign of pharaohNeferhotep I of the13th Dynasty (Second Intermediate Period).[4]
Iyibkhentre adopted thepharaonic royal titulary, although only theHorus name and theThrone name are known from rock inscriptions atAbu Hor, Mediq andToshka, all in Lower Nubia.[5]
Like Iyibkhentre, two other rulers based in Nubia,Segerseni andQakare Ini, likely were pretenders to the Egyptian throne, but the eventual relationships among the trio are unknown.
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