Nehesy

Nehesy, also Nehesi, was an ancient Egyptian King (Pharaoh) of the 14th dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ), who ruled in the 17th century BC.

Origin

According to his own name Nehesy was of Nubian descent. After Darell D. Baker, he was a son of King and Queen Scheschi Tati. Four scarabs found, including one from Semna in Nubia, suggest a temporary coregency with his father back. He was not a direct successor to the throne, but was able to take his position until after the death of his elder brother, Prince Ipqu.

Manfred Bietak suspected in Nehesys father an Egyptian military or administrator, who chose the place as a residence Auaris its controlled Northeast province and independently made ​​by Egypt. The newly formed kingdom, over which reigned also Nehesy, consisted primarily of the eastern edge of the Delta. From there come almost all the monuments of Nehesy.

Documents

Nehesy is next Merdjefare the only ruler who is called the Turin Royal Canon and Contemporary occupied by monuments. His name can be found among others on scarabs, how many kings of the Second Intermediate Period. He is thus the ruler of the 14th Dynasty bestbezeugte. There is a pair of stelae Tell Habwe. Front of the Shrine of Seth in Raahu he erected an obelisk, where he still appears to be the oldest king's son here. With this title he is known by numerous seals.

On a usurped seated statue, which was later on used by Merenptah, first appears in Seth, Lord of Avaris on. Thus, the onset under Nehesy worship of the god Seth is usually considered as a reference point for the 400 - year - stele of Ramses II, which is to treat the anniversary of the Sethkultes under King Horemheb.

Other fragments with his name were found in recent excavations at Avaris.

The Turin Royal Canon Nehesy is placed at the beginning of the resident in the eastern Nile Delta 14 dynasty. It is quite possible that the author of the King List it perceived as the founder of the city of Avaris, because he chose it as the first ruler to the capital.