Sankhenre Sewadjtu
| Sankhenre Sewadjtu | |||||||||||||||||
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| S'ankhre'enswadtju, Sewadjtew | |||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 3 Years, 2 to 4 Months, from 1675 BC until 1672 BC[1] or in 1694 BC or in 1654 BC [2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Merhotepre Ini | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Mersekhemre Ined | ||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | 13th dynasty | ||||||||||||||||
Sankhenre Sewadjtu was the thirty-fourth pharaoh of the
Attestations
Sankhenre Sewadjtu is unknown from contemporary historical records, and is exclusively attested by the Turin canon. This may be because he ruled Egypt at a time when the 13th Dynasty's control over Egypt was receding. He is listed as the successor of Ini in the Turin Canon, on column 7 line 5, and is given a reign of 3 years and 2 to 4 months in this document.[1]
Chronological position
The exact chronological position of Sankhenre Sewadjtu in the 13th Dynasty is not known for certain owing to uncertainties affecting earlier kings of the dynasty. Darrell Baker makes him the thirty-fourth pharaoh of the dynasty, Kim Ryholt sees him as the thirty-fifth king and Jürgen von Beckerath places him as the twenty-ninth pharaoh of the dynasty.[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 87-7289-421-0)
- ^ Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen, Albatros, 2002
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9, 2008, p. 419
- see p. 98-99