Sobekhotep IV.

Sobekhotep IV was an ancient Egyptian King (Pharaoh) which BC or 1694 ruled the 13th dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ), from about 1733 to about 1724 to 1685 BC (see list of the Pharaohs ). The 13th dynasty consists of a long series of short reigning rulers who remained only a few years on the throne in the cut. These seem to have been often not even related. Sobekhotep IV is one of the few rulers who came from a family that still put at least one other ruler. He was probably the most important ruler of the 13th Dynasty.

Origin

This Pharaoh was born in Thebes, as he reports on a stele from the temple of Karnak. His father was the God father Chaanchef and his mother a certain Kemi. The grandfather was a military man with the middle name and the title Nehy City soldier ( anx n nwt ), whose wife was Senebtisi. His brother, who reigned before him was Neferhotep I.. It is striking the extent to which these two rulers emphasize their non-royal origin on the monuments. This is otherwise hardly known from ancient Egypt, Sobekhotep IV is already known from the time before he became king. He appears in some inscriptions of his brother Neferhotep I. at Aswan as a king's son. As the father of Sobekhotep IV was no ruler with safety, this is a good indication that this term was used at this time as the title and did not express a real family relationship.

Family

The well- known family of the ruler consisted of his wife Tien, his sons Sobekhotep Miu, Sobekhotep Djadja, Chaanchef and Amenhotep and his daughter Nebetiunet.

Regency

Sobekhotep IV was probably the most important ruler of the 13th Dynasty. His highest known regnal year is the year 8, and he is probably the last Regent, who reigned in Egypt and also in Nubia. From the rulers were numerous scarabs, the name his parents. In the British Museum in London is the fragment of an inscription, perhaps the reports of military campaigns by Nubia, but the text and its interpretation controversial. In this campaign, perhaps also takes a private stele reference and the Jewish writer Artapanus reported that these rulers moved to Nubia. This also mentions that rebelled under the rulers of parts of the Delta. Finally, under him to have taken place the Moses story.

Court

From the court of the ruler is known that the vizier Neferkare Iymeru built the House of millions of years for the ruler. This vizier is attested by numerous monuments. Treasurer was Senbi, who was already under Neferhotep I. in office, and steward a Nebanch, who led an expedition to the Wadi el- Hudi under the king. Nebanch comes from an important family that was even used in the next generation about the Queen Nubchaes with the royal house. In Karnak statue of the Great troops superintendent Amenemhat was found which bears the name of the ruler. In general, there are relatively many objects of individuals from this period, which bear the name of the ruler and thus prove its influence.

Construction

Two colossal statues, found at Tanis, originally probably came from Memphis. Another from Hutsneferu. Components from Abydos prove its local construction activity. Similarly, it has probably extended the temple of Karnak in Thebes, and had, according to an inscription on the statue of his vizier Iymeru Neferkare a million years house. A long inscription from Thebes reported donations to the Amnuntempel and the fact that the rulers of the north had come to Thebes. This is an important evidence that at that time was the capital in the north of the country. Various expedition inscriptions in the Wadi el- Hudi and in the Wadi Hammamat report from the procurement of raw materials.

After his time

If not, is but a short time later, the unity of the empire broken under this ruler. It is not known whether one of his sons became his successor. After all, the successor of Sobekhotep called IV also Sobekhotep.