Qareh Khawoserre

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Qareh Khawoserre was possibly the third king

Second Intermediate Period. His reign is believed to have lasted about 10 years, from 1770 BC until 1760 BC[1] or later, around 1710 BC. Alternatively, Qareh could have been a later vassal of the Hyksos kings of the 15th Dynasty and would then be classified as a king of the 16th Dynasty
.

Qareh's name is

bald one". Qareh's name was earlier misread as Qar, Qur, and Qal.[3]

Attestations

Qareh Khawoserre is attested by thirty

royal seals inscribed with his name, only one of which has a known provenance: Jericho in Palestine.[4] His nomen Qareh is attested by 8 seals and his prenomen Khawoserre is attested by 22 seals.[5]

Identification

The Egyptologist

Darrell Baker placing him as the third king of the 14th Dynasty based on the style of his seals. On the other hand, Thomas Schneider and Jürgen von Beckerath see him as a ruler of the 16th Dynasty.[6] Alternatively, James Peter Allen proposes that he was an Hyksos ruler of the early 15th Dynasty[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ .
  2. , 2008, p. 303
  3. ^ K., Ryholt (1998). "King Qareh, a Canaanite King in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period". Israel Exploration Journal (48): 194–200.
  4. ^ Percy Newberry: Egyptian antiquities. Scarabs. An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian Seals and Signet Rings. Constable, London 1906, S. 150, pl. XXI, 23, 24.
  5. .
  6. , p. 226.
  7. ^ Daphna Ben-Tor, Susan J. Allen, James P. Allen: Seals and Kings. In: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Bd. 315, 1999, S. 47–74 (pdf-download).
Preceded by Pharaoh of Egypt
Fourteenth Dynasty
Succeeded by
'Ammu Ahotepre