Nebiryraw I

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Sewadjenre Nebiryraw (also Nebiriau I, Nebiryerawet I) was an

Second Intermediate Period
.

Reign

On the

steatite which implies there were no mining expeditions dispatched to the Eastern Desert region of Egypt during his reign.[4] Two seals of this king were found at Lisht which at the time was part of the Hyksos realm; this finding may demonstrate diplomatic contacts between the Theban dynasty and the Hyksos during Nebiryraw's reign, although this is uncertain.[5]

Attestations

Besides the mention in the Turin Canon and the aforementioned seals, Nebiryraw I is mainly known from the

Cairo Museum (JE 52453).[6]
Also in Cairo (JE 33702) there is a copper dagger bearing his throne name, discovered by Flinders Petrie in a cemetery at Hu, in late 1890s.[7][8] Nebiryraw is also depicted along with the goddess Maat on a small stela which is part of the Egyptian collection located in Bonn.[9]

Nebiryraw's throne name Sewadjenre (along with the epithets "

Ptolemaic period i.e. about 1500 years after the people named on the statuette had lived.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Titulary". Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  2. , see p. 84
  3. ., pp. 155, 202
  4. ^ Ryholt, pp. 159-60
  5. ^ Ryholt, p. 162
  6. ^ Lacau, Pierre (1949). "Une stèle juridique de Karnak". Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte. Supplément. 13.
  7. ^ Petrie, Flinders (1901). Diospolis Parva, the cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu, 1898-9, pl. 32, n. 17
  8. ^ Ryholt, p. 178, n. 639
  9. ^ Pieke, Gabi (ed.) (2006) Tod und Macht, Jenseitsvorstellungen in Altägypten, Bonn, fig. on p.61
  10. ., p. 55

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