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Senebkay
- Throne name
- Weser-ib-Re
- Dynasty
- 13th Dynasty
- Period
- Second Intermediate Period, c. 1780–1550 BC
- Capital at the time
- Itjtawy, Avaris (Hyksos), Thebes
Senebkay is listed in the king list under ‘13th Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: Second Intermediate Period (c. 1780–1550 BC). No exact reign dates have survived. The throne name is Weser-ib-Re.
What is known about Senebkay
Perhaps a local ruler at Abydos; tomb not discovered until 2014
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: Second Intermediate Period
Many kings in quick succession weaken the realm. Immigrants from Western Asia, the Hyksos (‘rulers of foreign lands’), take power in the north, while a separate royal house rules in Thebes.
- from c. 1760 BC13th Dynasty: more than 60 kings, most with short reigns; the administration nevertheless carries on.
- c. 1650 BCThe Hyksos of the 15th Dynasty rule from Avaris in the eastern Nile Delta.
- during this periodThe horse and chariot become established in Egypt and transform warfare.
- Year 33 of ApepiRhind Papyrus: a scribe copies a mathematical textbook from the time of Amenemhat III containing 84 problems.
More about this period: Second Intermediate Period
13th Dynasty: all rulers
- Wegaf
- Amenemhat V
- Sekhemrekhutawy
- Ameny Qemau
- Sehetepibre
- Iufni (Efni)
- Amenemhat VI
- Nebnuni (Nebennu)
- Hotepibre
- Sewadjkare
- Nedjemibre
- Sobekhotep
- Renseneb Amenemhat
- Hor I
- Amenemhat VII Kay
- Sobekhotep II
- Khendjer
- Imyremeshaw (Mermesha)
- Intef IV
- Seth
- Sobekhotep III
- Neferhotep I
- Sihathor
- Sobekhotep IV
- Sobekhotep V
- Ibiau
- Ay I (Aya I)
- Sobekhotep VI
- Ini
- Sewadjtu
- Ined
- Neferhotep II
- Hori
- Sobekhotep (VII)
- Dedumose
- Dedumose
- Ibi II
- Hor II
- Senebmiu
- Sekhaenre
- Merkheperre
- Merkare
- Senusret IV
- Montemsaf
- Neferhotep III
- Mentuhotep V
- Usermontu
- Sobekhotep VIII
- Ini I
- Mentuhotep VI
- Snaaib
- Sobekhotep IX
- Wepwawetemsaf
- Abai
- Aqen
- Sebekay
- Khuiqer
- Seankhptah
- Pantjeny
- Senebkay
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