| Seth Meribre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Merybre, Set | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![Usurped stele which Ryholt attributed to Seth Meribre (Cairo JE 35256)[1]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aStele_JE_35256_Randall-MacIver.png) Usurped stele which Ryholt attributed to Seth Meribre (Cairo JE 35256)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | x years, x months, and 6 days less than 10 years, probably less than 5 years, ending 1749 BC[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Sehetepkare Intef | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Sobekhotep III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 13th Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seth Meribre was anAncient Egyptian petty king during the early13th Dynasty during the lateMiddle Kingdom.
Seth Meribre is only attested in theTurin King List dating to the time ofRamesses II. There is no certain contemporary evidence of this king, except for two speculative suggestions. The lack of archaeological evidence would indicate his reign was very short.
AtAbydos, a stele dated to a regnal Year 4 and dedicated to preserving the procession road in the area ofWepwawet was usurped byNeferhotep I in the mid-late13th Dynasty.[2] Anthony Leahy (1989) suggested the stele had been usurped fromWegaf.[3] Von Beckerath (1965:56) suggestedSobekhotep III. Ryholt (1997) argued that the stele was taken from Meribre Seth.[1]
AtMedamud, a temple has yielded many ruined structures and architectural remains. Some may have been erected by Seth Meribre, but were subsequently usurped by his successorSobekhotep III.[4] In particular, a lintel from Medamud and now in the Egyptian Museum, JE 44944, bears almost-erased signs corresponding to Seth Meribre's nomen.[citation needed]
TheTurin King List 7:23 (Alan Gardiner andJürgen von Beckerath: col. 6 row 23)[4] mentions "The Dual King Meribra Seth ... 6 days".[5] He is preceded bySehotepkara Intef (7:22) and succeeded bySekhemre Wadjtawy Sobekhotep (7:24). The duration of Seth Meribre's reign is lost in a lacuna of the Turin canon, except for the end"... [and] 6 days".
The Egyptologists Darrell Baker and Kim Ryholt place Seth Meribre as the twenty-fourth ruler of the 13th Dynasty, whileJürgen von Beckerath sees him as the twentieth king.[6] These authors agree, however, that Seth Meribre probably usurped the throne at the expense of his predecessor,Sehetepkare Intef.[4]
Kim Ryholt gives a total of 10 years for the combined reigns ofImyremeshaw,Sehetepkare Intef and Seth Meribre.[1] Furthermore, followingPapyrus Boulaq 18, there are reasons to believe that either Imyremeshaw or Sehetepkare Intef reigned for over five years, thus leaving less than 5 years to Seth Meribre.[citation needed]
Jürgen von Beckerath believes that Seth Meribre can be identified with a king mentioned onGenealogy of Ankhefensekhmet of the much later22nd Dynasty. This king bears the name "Aaqen", literallyThe donkey is strong. Von Beckerath proposes that this refers to Seth Meribre and that the name originally was "Sethqen", that is,Seth is strong. Indeed, since the godSeth had been ostracized during the 22nd Dynasty, the hieroglyph of theSeth-animal had been replaced by the hieroglyph of thedonkey, yielding "Aaqen".
Seth Meribre may have been the twenty-fourth pharaoh and reigned fromMemphis, ending in 1749 BC[1] or c. 1700 BC.[7] The length of his reign is not known for certain; the EgyptologistKim Ryholt proposes that he reigned for a short time, certainly less than ten years.[1]
| Preceded by | Pharaoh of Egypt Thirteenth Dynasty | Succeeded by |
