Bebiankh

Seuserenre Beniankh
Pharaoh of Egypt
Reign 1603–1591 BC or
1600–1588 BC, 16th Dynasty
Predecessor Semenre
Successor Sekhemre Shedwast
Died 1591 or 1588 BC

Seuserenre Bebiankh was a native Ancient Egyptian king of the 16th Theban dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period and the successor of king Semenre. He is assigned a reign of 12 years in the Turin Canon.[1] Seuserenre is principally known by a stela found at Gebel Zeit that attests to mining activity conducted in this area by the Red Sea during his reign and preserves his royal nomen Bebiankh.[2] He is also known to have an extension to the Temple of Medamud.[3] He was succeeded by a poorly known king named Sekhemre Shedwast.

The German Egyptologist Jürgen von Beckerath has attributed an anonymous Year 11 Sothic inscription from Gebel Tjauti Rock inscription No.11—which has been dated to the period around 1593-1590 BC deep within the Second Intermediate Period—to king Seuserenre.[4][5] If correct, this would place Seuserenre's reign in the period from 1603 or 1600 BC to 1591 or 1588 BC. His prenomen, Seuserenre, means "The One Whom Re Causes to be Strong."[6]

References

  1. ^ Kim Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, Museum Tusculanum Press, (1997), p. 202
  2. ^ Ryholt, pp. 159-60
  3. ^ XVIIth Dynasty
  4. ^ John Coleman Darnell, Theban Desert Road Survey in the Egyptian Western Desert, vol. 1 Gebel Tjauti Rock Inscriptions & and Wadi el-Hôl Rock Inscriptions 1-45. 2002
  5. ^ Gebel Tjauti Rock Inscription 11 pp.49-52
  6. ^ Titulary
Preceded by
Semenre		 Pharaoh of Egypt
Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt		 Succeeded by
Sekhemre Shedwast