Neferhotep III

Sekhemre Sankhtawi Neferhotep
Pharaoh of Egypt
Predecessor Sobekhotep VIII
Successor Sankhenre Mentuhotep VI

Sekhemre Sankhtawy Neferhotep III[1] was the third or fourth ruler of the Theban 16th Dynasty after Djehuti and Sobekhotep VIII according to Ryholt. He is assigned a reign of 1 year in the Turin Canon and is known primarily by a single document from Thebes.[2] Von Beckerath dates Neferhotep III to the end of the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt. [3],

In the stela from Thebes (Cairo JE 59635[4]), Neferhotep III repeatedly calls Thebes "my city" and praises himself as "The guide of victorious Thebes."[5] The stela is thought to be the first depiction of the Khepresh crown. Neferhotep is said to be "Adorned with the Khepresh, the living image of Re, lord of terror".[6] After his short reign, he was succeeded by king Mentuhotep VI.

References

  1. ^ Titulary of Neferhotep III
  2. ^ Kim Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, Museum Tusculanum Press, (1997), p.202
  3. ^ Jürgen von Beckerath: Untersuchungen zur politischen Geschichte der zweiten Zwischenzeit in Ägypten, Glückstadt 1964, S. 67-68, 259 (XIII J.)
  4. ^ W. V. Davies, The Origin of the Blue Crown, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 68, (1982), pp. 69-76
  5. ^ Ryholt, p.160
  6. ^ Ebba Kerrn Lillesø, Two Wooden Uræi, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 61, (1975), pp. 137-146
Preceded by
Sobekhotep VIII		 Pharaoh of Egypt
Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt		 Succeeded by
Mentuhotep VI