Sobekemsaf I.

Sobekemsaf I., was an ancient Egyptian King (Pharaoh) of the 17th dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ) and ruled by Franke to 1619-1603 BC

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This is often viewed as a third king of the 17th dynasty rulers to have reigned 16 years after the Royal Canon of Turin. From a stele from Dendera you know a part of the Sobekemsaf family: his wife Nubemhat he has the daughter Sobemhab, who married the ameni. Ameny was the son of an unnamed ruler and son of a queen Haanches. Another son of the ruler with the name Sobekemsaf appears on a statue of Abydos and was a priest. It is disputed whether this is the future king of the same name.

The king is relatively well documented. He appears in some graffiti in the Wadi Hammamat from his 7th year and another in Wadi Shatt el- Rigale. At Month Temple of Medamut he built a stele comes from there. Other works are attested in Gebelein and el- death. A statue comes from Abydos, and another double statue of the goddess Satis Hekaib from the sanctuary of Elephantine. Another statue in the British Museum is without precise indication of origin. From Thebes one knows two small obelisks that were found in the Cachette at Karnak Temple, several statues and a lintel with his name. From the Temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el- Bahari comes a block.

His grave

The provided with a pyramid grave of Sobekemsaf I was in Dra Abu el-Naga/Theben. After James H. Breasted this mid-30s of the last century was still recognizable. The grave itself has probably been looted in 1827 by locals: from here are a canopic chest, a scarab and the heart scarab Sobekemsafs. All of these objects name but his own name, but are attributed to him, since the grave Sobekemsaf I is said to have been robbed in antiquity. The mummy itself you should then have found already fallen into disrepair.