Sobekemsaf ''(sbk-m-z3=f;'' “
Sobek is his protection”) is an
ancient Egyptian
theophoric name, popular during the
Second Intermediate Period (mainly in the
17th Dynasty
The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVII, alternatively 17th Dynasty or Dynasty 17) was a dynasty of pharaohs that ruled in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period, approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC. Its mainly Theba ...
). Although it is grammatically masculine, it was also used for women; it was common during this era that the gender of a name did not correspond to that of its bearer.
[Ranke: ''Persönennamen,'' Band II, p.4]
Notable bearers
* Pharaoh
Sobekemsaf I
* Pharaoh
Sobekemsaf II
* official of the 13th Dynasty
Sobekemsaf
* Queen
Sobekemsaf, wife of
Nubkheperre Intef
Nubkheperre Intef (or Antef, Inyotef, sometimes referred to as Intef VI) was an Egyptian king of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt at Thebes during the Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was divided by rival dynasties including the Hyksos in Lo ...
* Princess Sobekemsaf C, daughter of Queen Sobekemsaf
*
obek?msaf A, mother of Pharaoh
Rahotep
Sekhemre-Wahkhau Rahotep was an Egyptian pharaoh who reigned during the Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was ruled by multiple kings. The Egyptologists Kim Ryholt and Darrell Baker believe that Rahotep was the first king of the 17th Dyn ...
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Ancient Egyptian given names
Theophoric names