Sobekemsaf (queen)

Sobekemsaf
Queen consort of Egypt
Stela of the priest Yuf, reporting his restoration of Sobekemsaf's tomb
Dynasty 17th Dynasty
Pharaoh Nubkheperre Intef
Father possibly Rahotep
Mother unnamed queen
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Sobekemsaf
in hieroglyphs

Sobekemsaf (sbk-m-z3=f)[1] was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 17th Dynasty. She was the wife of pharaoh Nubkheperre Intef and sister of an unidentified pharaoh, probably Sekhemre-Heruhirmaat Intef, Sobekemsaf II or Senakhtenre Ahmose.[2][3]

Her name ("Sobek protects him"[4]) is grammatically masculine. Although a female version of the name (sbk-m-z3=s)[4] did exist, the queen is named Sobekemsaf in all sources, so it was not an error on the scribe's part, but she was probably named for an ancestor.[5] Masculine names for females were not uncommon during the Second Intermediate Period.[6]

She is mentioned on a bracelet and a pendant (now in the British Museum)[1], and on a stela found in her family's hometown Edfu (Cairo CG 34009)[7]. The stela, belonging to an official called Yuf dated to the 18th Dynasty, mentions reconstruction of her tomb.[8] Another stela names the queen's sister Neferuni and their mother, whose name is lost, but her title shows she was the daughter of a pharaoh, probably Rahotep.[3]

Sobekemsaf's titles were: King's Wife (ḥm.t-nswt), Great Royal Wife (ḥmt-nỉswt wr.t), United with the White Crown (ẖnm.t-nfr-ḥḏ.t), King's Daughter (z3.t-nỉswt), King's Sister (zn.t-nswt)[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 Grajetzki, Wolfram. Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary. London: Golden House Publications. ISBN 0-9547218-9-6 (2005), p.44
  2. ↑ Dodson, Aidan, Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3 (2004), p.117
  3. 1 2 Dodson & Hilton, p.118
  4. 1 2 Grajetzki, Wolfram. Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary. London: Golden House Publications. ISBN 0-9547218-9-6 (2005), p.304
  5. ↑ Polz, Daniel: Der Beginn des Neuen Reiches. Berlin & New York, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2007. ISBN 978-3-11-019347-3 p.39
  6. ↑ Ranke: Persönennamen, Band II, p.4
  7. ↑ R. Engelbach: Steles and tables of offerings of the Late Middle Kingdom from Tell Edfû, in: Annal es du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte 23 (1923), p. 116, plate 1, no. 6 online
  8. ↑ James Henry Breasted: Ancient Records of Egypt. Vol II, Chicago 1906, pp. 44-46 nos. 109−114
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