Sobeknakht I was an
ancient Egyptian official of the
Second Intermediate Period
The Second Intermediate Period marks a period when ancient Egypt fell into disarray for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. The concept of a "Second Intermediate Period" was coined in 1942 by ...
. He was local governor at
Elkab
Elkab, also spelled El-Kab or El Kab, is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about south of Luxor (ancient Thebes). Elkab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language ( , Late Coptic: ), a name th ...
.
Biography
Sobeknakht I started his career as a King's Son and Overseer of the gs-pr. Later, he became Governor of Elkab.
The overseer of the gs-pr was a royal estate manager in provinces often associated with the overseer of the sealed things (treasury), and was also connected to future governors.
Attestation
Sobeknakht I is mainly known from two sources; the Juridical Stele and tomb inscriptions.
Juridical Stela
The
Juridical Stela documents the transfer of the Governorship of Elkab from a certain Kebsi to a relative, Sobeknakht I, in Year 01 of king
Nebiriau. Kebsi had inherited this office from his father Iymeru when the latter became vizier. Iymeru had in turn inherited it from his elder brother Aya junior, who died prematurely without children. Prior to this, Aya Junior had inherited the office from their father Aya who became vizier in Year 01 of Merhotepre.
Elkab Tomb Inscription
Sobeknakht I is known from the inscriptions in the tomb of the local governor
Sobeknakht II
Sobeknakht II was an ancient Egyptian local Governor at El-Kab and a supporter of the Theban 16th or 17th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period.
Biography
Not much is known about Sobeknakht's life. He was the son of Sobeknakht I as w ...
as the father of the latter. Furthermore, from these inscriptions it is clear that the wife of Sobeknakht I was a woman with the title ''hereditary princess'' and the name Nofru. Only recently his tomb was identified at Elkab. The inscriptions in the tomb are only badly preserved, but the mentioning of a woman called Nofru and remains of titles typical for local governors make the identification very likely.
[Vivian Davies: ''The tomb of a Governor of Elkab of the Second Intermediate Period'', in: Gianluca Miniaci, Wolfram Grajetzki (editors): ''The World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC)'', London 2016, {{ISBN, 9781906137489, pp. 71-84]
References
Nomarchs
People of the Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Officials of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt