Nebankh
| Nebankh | |
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| High steward | |
 Inscription of Neferhotep I from Konosso listing the members of his family as well as the Royal acquaintance Nebankh (rightmost column).[1] | |
| Dynasty | 13th dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Sobekhotep IV |
| Father | Sobekhotep, steward |
| Mother | Hapyu |
Nebankh was an ancient Egyptian official of the Thirteenth Dynasty. He is one of the better known personalities of this period.
Family
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| Nebankh in hieroglyphs | ||||
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| Era: 2nd Intermediate Period (1650–1550 BC) | ||||
Nebankh was the son of the steward Sobekhotep. His mother is named Hapyu. His brother Dedusobek Bebi was the father of queen Nubkhaes.[2]
Career
[edit]King's Acquaintance
[edit]At Konosso, an inscription listing the members of the royal family of Neferhotep I, also shows treasurer Senebi and king's acquaintance Nebankh. Another colleague was king's acquaintance Rehuankh.
High Steward
[edit]Under king Sobekhotep IV he became high steward. In this position he went on expeditions to the Wadi Hammamat and Wadi el-Hudi.
Other attestations
[edit]Nebankh is known from a high number of monuments, including rock inscriptions and several stelae and a statue, found at Abydos. His heart scarab is so far the oldest datable heart scarab. It is a human-headed green jasper heart scarab with nine lines of hieroglyphics bearing the name of Nebankh.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Karl Richard Lepsius: Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien , 1849, Tafel II, Band IV, available online see p. 151 plates e and f
- ^ Kim Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. Kopenhagen 1997, ISBN 8772894210, pp. 239–242,
- ^ London, Bristish Museum EA65378; Stephen Quirke: Two Thirteenth Dynasty Heart Scarabs, in: Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Sociert "Ex Oriente Lux" 37 (2001-2002), p. 31
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