| Seth Meribre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seth Merybre, Set | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Usurped stele which Ryholt attributed to Seth Meribre (Cairo JE 35256) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | x years, x months, and 6 days less than 10 years, probably less than 5 years, ending 1749 BC [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Sehetepkare Intef | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Sobekhotep III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | 13th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seth Meribre was an Ancient Egyptian petty king during the early 13th Dynasty during the late Middle Kingdom.
Seth Meribre is only attested in the Turin King List dating to the time of Ramesses II. There are no certain contemporary evidence of this king, except for two speculative suggestions. The lack of archaelogical evidence would indicate his reign was very short.
At Abydos, a stele dated to a regnal Year 4 and dedicated to preserving the procession road in the area of Wepwawet was usurped by Neferhotep I in the mid-late 13th Dynasty. [2] Anthony Leahy (1989) suggested the stele had been usurped from Wegaf. [3] Von Beckerath (1965:56) suggested Sobekhotep III. Ryholt (1997) argued that the stele was taken from Meribre Seth. [1]
At Medamud, a temple has yielded many ruined structures and architectural remains. Some may have been erected by Seth Meribre, but were subsequently usurped by his successor Sobekhotep III. [4] In particular, a lintel from Medamud and now in the Egyptian Museum, JE 44944, bears almost-erased signs corresponding to Seth Meribre's nomen.[ citation needed ]
The Turin King List 7:23 (Alan Gardiner and Jürgen von Beckerath: col. 6 row 23) [4] mentions "The Dual King Meribra Seth ... 6 days". [5] He is predeced by Sehotepkara Intef (7:22) and successed by Sekhemre Wadjtawy Sobekhotep (7:24). The duration of Seth Meribre's reign is lost in a lacuna of the Turin canon, except for the end "... [and] 6 days".
The Egyptologists Darrell Baker and Kim Ryholt place Seth Meribre as the twenty-fourth ruler of the 13th Dynasty, while Jürgen von Beckerath sees him as the twentieth king. [6] These authors agree, however, that Seth Meribre probably usurped the throne at the expense of his predecessor, Sehetepkare Intef. [4]
Kim Ryholt gives a total of 10 years for the combined reigns of Imyremeshaw, Sehetepkare Intef and Seth Meribre. [1] Furthermore, following Papyrus Boulaq 18, there are reasons to believe that either Imyremeshaw or Sehetepkare Intef reigned for over five years, thus leaving less than 5 years to Seth Meribre.[ citation needed ]
Jürgen von Beckerath believes that Seth Meribre can be identified with a king mentioned on Genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet of the much later 22nd Dynasty. This king bears the name "Aaqen", literally The donkey is strong. Von Beckerath proposes that this refers to Seth Meribre and that the name originally was "Sethqen", that is, Seth is strong. Indeed, since the god Seth had been ostracized during the 22nd Dynasty, the hieroglyph of the Seth-animal had been replaced by the hieroglyph of the donkey, yielding "Aaqen".
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