Nebankh

Nebankh
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.

Biography

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Nebankh
in hieroglyphs

Nebankh was the son of the steward Sobekhotep. His mother is named Hapyu. His brother Dedusobek was the father of queen Nubkhaes.[2] Nebankh started his career as king's acquaintance and is attested in this position under king Neferhotep I. Under king Sobekhotep IV he was appointed to the position of a high steward. In this position he went on expeditions to the Wadi Hammamat and Wadi el-Hudi. 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.[3]

References

  1. Karl Richard Lepsius: Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien , 1849, Tafel II, Band IV, available online see p. 151 plates e and f
  2. Kim Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. Kopenhagen 1997, ISBN 8772894210, pp. 239–242,
  3. 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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