Sharek
| Sharek | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Shalek | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Detail of the genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet (Berlin 23673); Sharek's name is visible in the middle, enclosed in a cartouche | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Predecessor | unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | uncertain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sharek or Shalek could have been a poorly known ancient Egyptian pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt.
Attestation
He is only attested on a non-contemporary document, a
15th Dynasty.[2] The genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet is now exhibited at the Neues Museum
in Berlin (inv. no. 23673).
Identification
Both Nicolas Grimal and William C. Hayes have proposed that Sharek should be identified with a king named Salitis, given as the founder of the Hyksos 15th Dynasty in Manetho's Aegyptiaca, a history of Egypt written in the 2nd century BC.[2][3] They further propose that Sharek/Salitis is the same person as Sheshi, a ruler during Egypt's Second Intermediate Period mentioned on nearly 400 scarab seals.
References
- ^ Ryholt, K.S.B. (1997). The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800–1550 BC. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20., p. 402
- ^ ISBN 0-521-08230-7., p. 59
- ISBN 978-0-631-17472-1., p. 185