Nebankh was an

ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

ian official of the

Thirteenth 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 of Egypt, Middle ...

. He is one of the better known personalities of this period.

Family

Nebankh was the son of the ''steward'' Sobekhotep. His mother is named Hapyu. His brother Dedusobek Bebi was the father of queen

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Career

King's Acquaintance

At Konosso, an inscription listing the members of the royal family of

Neferhotep I Khasekhemre Neferhotep I was an Ancient Egypt, Egyptian pharaoh of the mid Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt, Thirteenth Dynasty ruling in the second half of the 18th century BCKim Ryholt, Ryholt, K.S.B: The Political Situation in Egypt During the Se ...

, also shows treasurer Senebi and king's acquaintance Nebankh. Another colleague was king's acquaintance Rehuankh.

High Steward

Under king

Sobekhotep IV Khaneferre Sobekhotep IV was one of the more powerful Egyptian kings of the 13th Dynasty (c. 1803 BC to c. 1649 BC), who reigned at least eight years. His brothers, Neferhotep I and Sihathor, were his predecessors on the throne, the latter havi ...

he became high steward. In this position he went on expeditions to the

Wadi Hammamat Wadi Hammamat (, ) is a dry river bed in Egypt's Eastern Desert, about halfway between Al-Qusayr and Qena. It was a major mining region and trade route east from the Nile Valley in ancient times, and three thousand years of rock carvings and ...

and

Wadi el-Hudi Wadi el-Hudi is a mining region that includes a large wadi and a mountain named Gebel el-Hudi in the Egyptian Eastern Desert, Southeast of Aswan. The name ''hudi'' is thought to come from the Arabic word for guide. Wadi el-Hudi is geologically ...

Other attestations

Nebankh is known from a high number of monuments, including rock inscriptions and several stelae and a statue, found at Abydos. His

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is so far the oldest datable heart scarab. It is a human-headed green jasper heart scarab with nine lines of hieroglyphics bearing the name of Nebankh.London, Bristish Museum EA65378; Stephen Quirke: ''Two Thirteenth Dynasty Heart Scarabs'', in: ''Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Sociert "Ex Oriente Lux"'' 37 (2001-2002), p. 31

References

Ancient Egyptian high stewards Officials of the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt {{AncientEgypt-stub