Hor

I. Hor was an Egyptian King (Pharaoh) of the 13th dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ), who reigned about 1732 BC. His Longevity is unknown. Due to the few findings that show him as a ruler, but this can not have been very long.

Tomb

Hor was in the district of the pyramid of Amenemhet III. directly north buried next to his pyramid. His grave was discovered in 1894 by Jacques de Morgan in a common grave. This consisted of the actual shaft and extending therefrom grave chamber.

The mummy of the ruler was in a undecorated sarcophagus and an inner studded with gold foil wooden coffin. Next to it was a box with insignia of the king. Here also the wooden Ka statue of the king was found, which was previously well covered with stucco and gold leaf. The statue is now one of the highlights in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The mummy of Hor had a once gilded mask, the surface but had been removed by grave robbers. The body was only preserved as a skeleton. The canopic chest of the ruler was the throne name of Amenemhat III. sealed. This initially gave rise to the presumption that Hor son of Amenemhet III. could be ruled with this and died before him. However, subsequent researchers suggest, rather, that said, still in use in the 13th Dynasty seal was from the Nekropolenverwaltung because Hor is situated next to the pyramid of Amenemhet III.

Outside of his tomb the ruler is hardly occupied. He appears on a block of Tanis together with the Horus name Chabau an otherwise poorly documented ruler, he is also known by a small plaque in Berlin and a labeled container lid.