S 9 (Abydos)

S9
Burial site of Neferhotep I(?)
Plan of tomb S9 as drawn by Ayrton, Weigall and Petrie, who thought it was a mastaba
S9
Coordinates	26°10′17″N 31°55′30″E / 26.17139°N 31.92500°E / 26.17139; 31.92500
Location	Abydos, Egypt
Discovered	1901–02
Excavated by	Ayrton, Weigall & Petrie (1901–02) Wegner (2014)
Layout	Enclosure wall surrounding subterranean chambers, now exposed, possibly once capped by a pyramid
Next → S10 (Sobekhotep IV ?)

S 9 (also Abydos-south S9) is the modern name given to a monumental ancient Egyptian tomb complex at Abydos in Egypt. The tomb is most likely royal and dates to the mid-13th Dynasty, during the late Middle Kingdom. Finds from the area of the tomb indicate that S9 suffered extensive, state-sanctioned stone and grave robbing^[1] during the Second Intermediate Period,^[2] only a few decades after its construction, as well as during the later Roman and Coptic periods.^[3] Although no direct evidence was found to determine the tomb owner, strong indirect evidence suggest that the neighbouring and slightly smaller tomb S10 belongs to pharaoh Sobekhotep IV (fl. c. 1725 BC). Consequently, S9 has been tentatively attributed by the Egyptologist Josef W. Wegner to Sobekhotep IV's predecessor and brother, Neferhotep I (fl. c. 1735 BC). According to Wegner, the tomb might originally have been capped by a pyramid.