Seuserenre Bebiankh was a king in Upper Egypt during 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 ...

. He is often placed in the 16th Theban Dynasty and his

prenomen The praenomen (; plural: praenomina) was a first name chosen by the parents of a Ancient Rome, Roman child. It was first bestowed on the ''dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the ...

or royal name is mentioned in the Turin King List with a reign of 12 years. Based on an interpretation of the Turin King List, Bebiankh was succeeded either by a poorly known king named

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.Kim Ryholt, ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c.1800-1550 B.C'', Museum Tusculanum Press, (1997), p. 202 Also suggested is the equally shadowy ruler Seneferankhre Pepi III.

Attestations

Bebiankh is only attested in a small region of Upper Egypt. At Gebel Zeit (Red Sea), a modest stela preserves his prenomen ''Seuserenre'' and nomen ''Bebiankh'', attesting to mining activity in the nearby gelena mines. Mining expeditions to Gebel Zeit often departed from

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(Quft), cf. Minemhat of Coptos. At

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, he built an extension to the Temple of Mentu. In

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, the nomen of Bebiankh is found on a bronze dagger with the inscription: ''Son of Ra, Bebiankh, given life''.

Non-contemporary attestations

The Karnak King List from the time of Thutmose III mentions: 27. Se-user-en-re. Here he is between Nubkheperre and Senakhtenre. 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 ...

11:08 from the time of Ramesses II mentions: The Dual King Seuserenra reigned 12 years, months lost, x days. In the list he is preceded by 11:07 Semenra and succeeded by 11:09 Sekhemre Shedwaset, often interpreted as chronological. The name Seuserenre consists of word-components: s-wsr-n-r' *wsr which means "powerful". *n can mean "of" *r' refers to the sun-god Ra.

References

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