Sobekemsaf (queen)
| Sobekemsaf | |
|---|---|
| Great Royal Wife Khenemetneferhedjet | |
| Stela depicting queen Sobekemsaf (center) along with other relatives.[1] Stela depicting queen Sobekemsaf (center) along with other relatives.[1] | |
| Spouse | Nubkheperre Intef |
| Dynasty | 17th of Egypt |
| Father | unnamed father, Rahotep? |
| Mother | unnamed queen |
![Stela depicting queen Sobekemsaf (center) along with other relatives.[1]](/index.cgi/contrast/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stele_JE_16.2.22.23_Engelbach.jpg){kind=link}
Sobekemsaf (sbk-m-z3=f)[2] was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 17th Dynasty.
Family
[edit ]She was the wife of king Nubkheperre Intef and sister of an unidentified pharaoh, probably Sekhemre-Heruhirmaat Intef, Sobekemsaf II or Senakhtenre Ahmose.[3] [4]
Her name ("Sobek protects him"[5] ) is grammatically masculine. Although a female version of the name (sbk-m-z3=s)[5] did exist, the queen is named Sobekemsaf in all sources, so it was not an error on the scribe's part, but she was probably named for an ancestor.[6] Masculine names for females were not uncommon during the Second Intermediate Period.[7]
Sobekemsaf's titles were: King's Wife (ḥm.t-nswt), Great Royal Wife (ḥmt-nỉswt wr.t), United with the White Crown (ẖnm.t-nfr-ḥḏ.t), King's Daughter (z3.t-nỉswt), and King's Sister (zn.t-nswt).[2]
Attestations
[edit ]f
in hieroglyphs
(1650–1550 BC)
Attestations indicate that she was closely associated with the city Edfu. She is also associated with king Nubkheperre Intef, see Ryholt 1997:394-395 File 17/4.
- Cairo JE 16.2.22.23 | At Edfu, a stela depicts queen Sobekemsaf along with other relatives;[1] [8] [9] the stela names the queen's sister Neferuni and their mother, whose name is lost.
Jewelry perhaps from Edfu
- BM EA 59699-59700 | She is mentioned on a bracelet and a pendant with the royal name of Nubkheperre Intef, now both in the British Museum.[2]
- BM E 57698 | A signet ring.
- Present location unknown | A pendant.
Non-contemporary attestations
[edit ]- Cairo CG 34009/JE 27091 | In Edfu, her family's hometown, she is known from stelae.[10] The stela, belonging to an official called Yuf dated to the 18th Dynasty, mentions reconstruction of her tomb.[11]
Sources
[edit ]- ^ a b c Engelbach, Reginald (1922). "Steles and tables of offerings of the Late Middle Kingdom from Tell Edfû". Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Égypte. 22. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire: 180 plate 1, no. 6.
- ^ a b c Grajetzki, Wolfram. Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary. London: Golden House Publications. ISBN 0-9547218-9-6 (2005), p. 44
- ^ Dodson, Aidan & Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3 (2004), p.117
- ^ Dodson & Hilton, p. 118
- ^ a b Grajetzki, p. 304
- ^ Polz, Daniel: Der Beginn des Neuen Reiches. Berlin & New York, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-019347-3 p. 39
- ^ Ranke, Hermann: Die ägyptische Persönennamen, Band II, p. 4
- ^ Polz, Daniel: "The Territorial Claim and the Political Role of the Theban State", in: Forstner-Müller & Moeller (eds.), The Hyksos Ruler Khyan and the Early Second Intermediate Period in Egypt: Problems and Priorities of Current Research. Proceedings of the Workshop of the Austrian Archaeological Institute and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Vienna, July 4 – 5, 2014, p. 229
- ^ http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/3cairo.pdf
- ^ Engelbach, Reginald (1922). "Steles and tables of offerings of the Late Middle Kingdom from Tell Edfû". Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Égypte. 22. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire: 116.
- ^ Breasted, James Henry (1906). Ancient Records of Egypt. Vol. II. Chicago. pp. 44-46 §§ nos. 109−114.
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