Rahotep

Rahotep was also the name of an Egyptian prince during the fourth dynasty, see Prince Rahotep

Rahotep (or more properly Sekhenrewahkhaw Rahotep) was an Egyptian king who reigned during the Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was ruled by multiple kings. Kim Ryholt, in his book The Political Situation in Egypt, suggests that Rahotep was the first king of the 17th Dynasty. Rahotep is well known from a stele found at Koptos reporting the restoration of the temple.[1] Otherwise he is only known from the stela of an official and from the bow of a king's son. His name appears in the Karnak king list.[2]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ H.M. Stewart: Egyptian Stelae, Reliefs and Paintings from the Petrie Collection. Part Two: Archaic to Second Intermediate Period, Warminster 1979, 17-18, no. 78, an image of the stele with translation: [1]
  2. ^ see Ryholt, op. cit.
Preceded by
Unknown
Pharaoh of Egypt
Seventeenth Dynasty
Succeeded by
Sobekemsaf I