Neferhotep I

Neferhotep I
Neferhotep I
	Statue of Neferhotep I from the Faiyum, Archaeological Museum of Bologna.
Pharaoh
Reign	11 years and 1–4 months, 1747—1736 BC, 1742–1733 BC, 1741–1730 BC, c. 1740 BC, 1740–1729 BC, 1721–1710 BC, 1705–1694 BC,
Coregency	Sihathor, then Sobekhotep IV
Predecessor	Sobekhotep III
Successor	Sihathor as coregent, then Sobekhotep IV
Horus name
Horus name
	Geregtawy ; Grg-t3.wj; Founder of the two lands
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Nebty name
	Wepmaat ; Wp-m3ˁ.t; He who accomplishes the Maat
Golden Horus
Prenomen (Praenomen)
	Khasekhemre ; Ḫˁ-sḫm-Rˁ; The might of Ra appears
Nomen
	Neferhotep ; Nfr-ḥtp; Beautiful and peaceful
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Consort	Senebsen
Children	Haankhef, Kemi, Wahneferhotep
Father	Haankhef
Mother	Kemi
Burial	uncertain, possibly tomb S9 in Abydos, see text
Dynasty	13th Dynasty

Khasekhemre Neferhotep I was an Egyptian pharaoh of the mid Thirteenth Dynasty ruling in the second half of the 18th century BC^[2] during a time referred to as the late Middle Kingdom or early Second Intermediate Period, depending on the scholar. One of the best attested rulers of the 13th Dynasty, Neferhotep I reigned for 11 years.

The grandson of a non-royal townsman from a Theban family with a military background, Neferhotep I's relation to his predecessor Sobekhotep III is unclear and he may have usurped the throne. Neferhotep I was likely contemporaneous with kings Zimri-Lim of Mari and Hammurabi of Babylon. Little is known of his activities during his decade-long reign and the most important document surviving from his rule is a stela from Abydos recounting the fashioning of an image of Osiris and Neferhotep's determination that it be made "as instructed by the gods at the beginning of time".^[6]

Towards the end of his reign, Neferhotep I shared the throne with his brother Sihathor, a coregency that lasted a few months to a year.^[11] Sihathor died shortly before Neferhotep, who probably then appointed another brother, Sobekhotep IV, as coregent. In any case, Sobekhotep IV succeeded Neferhotep I soon afterwards, and reigned over Egypt for almost a decade. The reigns of the two brothers mark the apex of the 13th Dynasty.

^ S. Pernigotti: La statuaria egiziana nel Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, Bologna 1980, 29–30, pl.27–29.
^ ^a ^b ^c K.S.B. Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800–1550 BC, Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997, excerpts available online here.
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^ Redford, Donald B., ed. (2001). "Egyptian King List". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2. Oxford University Press. pp. 626–628. ISBN 978-0-19-510234-5.
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^ ^a ^b Michael Rice: Who is who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge London & New York 1999, ISBN 0-203-44328-4, see p. 131
^ Gae Callender: The Middle Kingdom Renaissance (c. 2055–1650 BC) in Ian Shaw (editor): The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford University Press (2004), ISBN 978-0-19-280458-7
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^ Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen, Patmos 2002, ISBN 978-3-491-96053-4
^ Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin, Griffith Institute new edition (1988) ISBN 978-0900416484
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[1] S. Pernigotti: La statuaria egiziana nel Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, Bologna 1980, 29–30, pl.27–29.

[ryholt-2] K.S.B. Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800–1550 BC, Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997, excerpts available online here.

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[4] Redford, Donald B., ed. (2001). "Egyptian King List". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2. Oxford University Press. pp. 626–628. ISBN 978-0-19-510234-5.

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[rice-6] Michael Rice: Who is who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge London & New York 1999, ISBN 0-203-44328-4, see p. 131

[callender-7] Gae Callender: The Middle Kingdom Renaissance (c. 2055–1650 BC) in Ian Shaw (editor): The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford University Press (2004), ISBN 978-0-19-280458-7

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[schneider-9] Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen, Patmos 2002, ISBN 978-3-491-96053-4

[10] Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin, Griffith Institute new edition (1988) ISBN 978-0900416484

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