Sekhemkare

Amenemhet Senebef, also Sonbef, an ancient Egyptian king (Pharaoh) of the 13th dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ).

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This name is combined on contemporary monuments with the throne name Sekhem -ka -Re. A Sekhem -ka- Re appears as the second ruler of the 13th Dynasty in the Royal Canon of Turin ( 6.6).

Besides the usual seals (as Sechem -ka- Re Amenemhat Senebef ) is the king assigned to blocks of El- death (as Sekhem -ka- Re), a statue of the Heqaib Shrine in Elephantine (as Sekhem -ka- Re Amenemhat ) and Nilstands inscriptions from Semna (as Sechem -ka- Re). After the Nilstandsmarken that are dated in a 3rd year, he reigned at least 2 years.

Identity

There are now but apparently two rulers at the beginning of the 13th Dynasty with the throne name Sechem -ka- Re: Amenemhet Amenemhet and Senebef. see Beckerath and Ryholt them in different people. In the latter case ( Amenemhet Senebef ) is a double name, so that it could be at Amenemhet Amenemhet and Senebef only to a person whose name was sometimes with and sometimes written without a second name. Ryholt However, this double name interpreted as Filliation: Senebef, son of Amenemhet and looks Senebef IV, the son of Amenemhet

As his successor, a king Amenemhat appears in the Turin Royal Canon. Its identity is uncertain.

His civil service

A vizier of this ruler was probably a Chenmes, of which a statue and an inscription from Aswan is known.