Djedhotepre Dedumose I was an Egyptian

pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

of the

Second Intermediate Period The Second Intermediate Period dates from 1700 to 1550 BC. It marks a period when ancient Egypt was divided into smaller dynasties for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. The concept of a Secon ...

. According to egyptologists

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, Darrell Baker, Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, he was a king of the 16th Dynasty. Alternatively,

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, Thomas Schneider and

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see him as a king of the

13th Dynasty The Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty XIII) was a series of rulers from approximately 1803 BC until approximately 1649 BC, i.e. for 154 years. It is often classified as the final dynasty of the Middle Kingdom (which includes ...

Attestations

Djedhotepre Dedumose is mentioned on stela found in July 1908 in the southern part of the Tell of

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.A Barsanti: ''Stèle inédite au nom du roi Radadaouhotep Doudoumes'', in: ''ASAE'' 9 (1908), pl. 1-2
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/ref> The stele belongs to a ''king's son'' and ''commander'' Khonsuemwaset ("''

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is in Waset''"). It is not known whether the latter was indeed the son of the king or if ''king's son'' is here only the title, which was not necessarily reserved to the actual children of a king. Another king of the Second Intermediate Period bears the name Dedumose: Djedneferre Dedumose II. Given the rarity of the name Dedumose, it is possible that he was the son of Dedumose I. A number of artefacts name a king Dedumose but without providing the prenomen, it is difficult to decide to which Dedumose they belong.K. S. B. Ryholt: ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c. 1800 - 1550 BC''. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. , p. 402 For example, a stela of an official Harsekher from

states that the King's Son Harsekher, son of the King's Son Sobekhotep is related to a king Dedumose, which Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton identify as Dedumose I.

Chronological position

Precise dates for Dedumose are unknown, but if he was a king of the 13th Dynasty, his reign probably ended around 1690 BC while if he was a king of the 16th Dynasty, he would possibly have reigned between 1588 BC and 1582 BC, in the final years of the 16th Dynasty. Ryholt believes that facing the invasion of his territory by the

Hyksos The Hyksos (; Egyptian language, Egyptian ''wikt:ḥqꜣ, ḥqꜣ(w)-wikt:ḫꜣst, ḫꜣswt'', Egyptological pronunciation: ''heqau khasut'', "ruler(s) of foreign lands"), in modern Egyptology, are the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( ...

, Dedumose tried to sue them for peace, as indicated by his names "''The peace of Ra is stable; He who brings peace; He who rescues the Two Lands''".

References

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