Sedjefakare Kay Amenemhat VII was an

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of the early 13th Dynasty in the late Middle Kingdom.

Attestations

Archaeologically, he is known from several objects, including six

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s,and two scarab seals. His name appears as graffito in the tomb of queen Khuit I at

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Architecture

Bark-stand, Cairo JE 15900

At Medamud (Upper Egypt), a bark-stand which originally had an inscription of Sedjefakare to which an inscription was added by Wegaf. In the Turin King List Wegaf (7:05) heads this sequence of kings while Sedjefakare (7:17) comes later in the list, causing a debate about the chronology of these kings.

Nile Level Record

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(Nubia), a Nile Level Record is dated to Year 1. Other kings with Nile Level records at the fortresses of Semna and Kumma includes

Amenemhat III :''See Amenemhat, for other individuals with this name.'' Amenemhat III (Ancient Egyptian: ''Ỉmn-m-hꜣt'' meaning 'Amun is at the forefront'), also known as Amenemhet III, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the sixth king of the Twelfth Dyn ...

, Amenemhat IV,

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, Sekhemkare Amenemhat V and Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep Amenemhat.

Cylinder seals

Six cylinder seals are known.

Cylinder Seal, Petrie UC 11533

At Harageh (Faiyum region), a cylinder seal with the inscription: Sedjefakare, beloved by Sobek lord of Sumenu.

Cylinder Seal, Petrie UC 11534

At Lahun (Faiyum region), a cylinder seal with the inscription: Sedjefakare, beloved by Sobek lord of Sumenu.

Cylinder Seal, New York MMA 10.130.1640

A glaced steatite cylinder seal with the Horus name Horteptawy/Heriteptawy, belonging to Amenemhat VII

Scarabs

Two scarabs are known.

Scarab, New York MMA 26.7.85

Scarab With Throne Name Sedjefakare, belonging to Amenemhat VII.

Non-Contemporary Attestations

The

Turin King List The Turin King List, also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus thought to date from the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II (r. 1279–1213 BC), now in the Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) in Turin. The papyrus is the m ...

7:18 contains the entry: "The Dual King Sedjefa..kara, x years ...". In the list he is predeceded by 7:17 Awtibra Hor and succeeded by 7:19 Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep Amenemhat.

Burial

The Tomb of Sedjefakare has not been located.

Theories

Ryholt assigns him without further evidence a reign of 3 years.Ryholt 1997:408 He suggests a dating around 1769-1766 BC.

Bibliography

* K.S.B. Ryholt, ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period'' (''Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications'', vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997), 341, File 13/20.

References

{{authority control 18th-century BC pharaohs Pharaohs of the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt