| Ya'ammu Nubwoserre | |
|---|---|
![Drawing of a scarab seal of Nubwoserre. Petrie Museum (UC16597)[1]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aScarab_Nubwoserre_UC16597.jpg) Drawing of a scarab seal of Nubwoserre.Petrie Museum (UC16597)[1] | |
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | c.10 years, 1780-1770 BCE (Ryholt)[2] |
| Predecessor | uncertain,Yakbim Sekhaenre[2] |
| Successor | uncertain,Qareh Khawoserre[2] |
| Dynasty | likely14th Dynasty[2] |
Nubwoserre Ya'ammu (also rendered asYa'amu,[4]Jamu andJaam[3]) was a ruler during theSecond Intermediate Period of Egypt. This Asiatic-blooded ruler is traditionally placed in theSixteenth Dynasty, an hypothesis still in use nowadays by scholars such asJürgen von Beckerath;[3] although recentlyKim Ryholt proposed him as the second ruler of the14th Dynasty.[2]
This ruler seems to have made little use of thecartouche – which was apharaonic prerogative – since it was used only for the throne name, Nubwoserre, though not always.[5] His personal name never appears inside a cartouche, and is simply reported as "the son of Ra, Ya'ammu".
Similar to his suggested predecessorYakbim Sekhaenre, there is no direct evidence that Ya'ammu's throne name was Nubwoserre: the association is based on stylistic features of theseals and was proposed byWilliam Ayres Ward[6] and later elaborated by Ryholt;[7]Daphna Ben-Tor disputed this identification, pointing out that the seals of the many rulers living during this period are too similar to make such correlations on the basis of mere design features.[4] TheTurin King List can not help with this issue since the ruler does not appear on it, likely due to alacuna.[8]
Assuming that Ward and Ryholt were right, Nubwoserre Ya'ammu is attested by 26 rather crudescarab seals (more precisely, 19 naming Nubwoserre and 7 naming Ya'ammu);[1][9] based on that, Ryholt estimated for him a reign length of around ten years, in the interval 1780–1770 BCE.[2] However, about the events of his reign absolutely nothing is known.
Israeli EgyptologistRaphael Giveon identifies Ya'ammu with his proposed predecessor Yakbim.[3]
