Sobekemsaf II

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Sobekemsaf II Sekhemrewadjkhaw was a pharaoh of Egypt during the 17th Dynasty. He is attested by a series of rock inscriptions at Wadii Hammamat in the Eastern Desert which contain his name. Kim Ryholt notes that one iof the inscriptions is dated to his Year 7. (Ryholt: p.174) Sobekemsaf II's son--similiarly named Sobekemsaf--is attested in Cairo Statue CG 386 from Abydos which depicts this young prince standing between his father's legs. (Ryholt: p.272). Sobekemsaf' chief Queen was a certain Nubemhet.

[edit] References

  • Kim Ryholt, "The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications," vol.20. (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997) ISBN 87-7289-421-0
Preceded by
Intef VIII		 Pharaoh of Egypt
Seventeenth Dynasty		 Succeeded by
Tao I the Elder


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