| Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kneeling statue of Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI, on display at theAltes Museum,Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 4 years, 8 months and 29 days, 1719-1715 BC[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Sobekhotep V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Wahibre Ibiau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consort | Nubhotepti ? Khaenoub ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Sobekhotep IV ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Tjan ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 13th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI (also known asSobekhotep V) was anEgyptian king of the late13th Dynasty during theSecond Intermediate Period.
Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI's father was perhaps Sobekhotep IV, the best attested king of the entire second intermediate period. This hypothesis is based on an inscription found in the Wadi el-Hudi which attests that Sobekhotep IV had a son called 'Sobekhotep'. If this son is indeed Sobekhotep VI, then his mother would be possibly Tjan, wife of Sobekhotep IV. Sobekhotep VI's queen may have been named Khaenoub (also Khaesnebou) or Nubhotepti.[2]
Khahotepre Sobekhotep may have had four regnal years. Only a few objects attest to his reign. There exists ascarab seal fromAbydos[3] and a kneeling statuette of the king, possibly fromKerma.
AtAbydos, a fragmentary funerary stela dedicated to the godWepwawet mentions [Kha]hotepre.[4][5] The stela has also been assigned toMerhotepre Ini.
AtElephantine, a kneeling statue with a dedication to Satis, Lady of Elephantine, found at Kerma Tumulus X.[6]
InJericho, a scarab bearing the prenomen Khahotepre was found in a tomb associated with pottery Group III (MB IIB/C). It could be evidence of trade relations between the 13th dynasty state and theLevant.[2]
Items of unknown provenance include 6 scarab seals, a cylinder seal[7] and a seal impression.[8]
TheKarnak King List #41 dating toThutmoses III mentions his prenomen Khahotepre.
TheTurin canon 8:01 dating toRamesses II mentions Khahotepre, credited with a reign of 4 years, 8 months and 29 days,[9] He is considered a successor of Sobekhotep IV. However, one line is missing (lacuna) just below the line of Sobekhotep IV. Ryholt speculates that this line would preserve the name ofMerhotepre Sobekhotep.[10]
According to EgyptologistKim Ryholt he was the thirty-first pharaoh of the dynasty, while Darrell Baker believes instead that he was its thirtieth ruler.[1][2] Alternatively,Jürgen von Beckerath andDetlef Franke see him as the twenty-fifth king of the dynasty.[11][12][13]
Ryholt dates Sobekhotep VI to 1719-1715 BC.[1]
Until Ryholt's study of the Second Intermediate Period, it was believed that Sobekhotep VI's prenomen was Merhotepre. Reevaluating the archeological evidence, however, Ryholt attributed Merhotepre to Sobekhotep V and Khahotepre to Sobekhotep VI. Because of this change of prenomen, Merhotepre Sobekhotep and Khahotepre Sobekhotep are respectively called Sobekhotep VI and Sobekhotep V in older studies.[1][2]
| Preceded by | Pharaoh of Egypt Thirteenth Dynasty | Succeeded by |
