Salitis

Salitis was a Hyksoskönig ( pharaoh ) of ancient Egyptian 15th Dynasty, which BC to around 1633 BC by about 1648 ( Franke: 1630-1615 BC) ruled.

Documents

This king appears in Manetho under his Greek name. Manetho ( Africanus ) sees him as the founder of the first Hyksos dynasty ( 15th dynasty ), the " new immigration followed the Shepherd Kings " a ( 17 manet Typhonian dynasty ). The information provided by the Government times vary. While Manetho ( Josephus ) identifies 13 Years, report the other texts of 19 years. [A 2]

The designation partially used as " Saites " according to manet honischer tradition based on the fact that Salitis had acted in the form " Saites " as the namesake of the eponymous " Saitengaues ", which was against the " Tanitic Gau ". In all Manethonian versions of these tanitische Gau was titled as " Sethroiten - Gau " in which the " shepherd found a city that served as the starting base for the conquest of Egypt." Salitis to have been the first "King of the Shepherds":

" He also lived in Memphis and had pay both the upper and lower regions tribute, built garrisons in their places, to secure, especially the East against the Assyrians, who were the greatest power at the time. They built for a city that was adequate for this purpose and which lay at Bubastis channel. From mythological reasons, the city was called Avaris. He moved with a very heavily fortified walls. Avaris had numerous garrison units of a total of 240,000 armed men. This man reigned 13 years. "

Identification

An identification with a hieroglyphic occupied King has not yet occurred. Maybe Salitis is one of the kings with the title Heka Chasut (ruler of foreign countries), which are summarized under the 16th dynasty. Preferred among Egyptologists is Scharek ( Schalik ), clear evidence does not exist.