| Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kneeling statue of Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI, on display at the Altes Museum, Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 4 years, 8 months and 29 days, 1719-1715 BC[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Sobekhotep V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Wahibre Ibiau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consort | Nubhotepti ? Khaenoub ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Sobekhotep IV ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Tjan ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 13th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI (also known as Sobekhotep V) was an Egyptian king of the 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period.
According to Egyptologist Kim Ryholt he was the thirty-first pharaoh of the dynasty, while Darrell Baker believes instead that he was its thirtieth ruler.[1][2] Alternatively, Jürgen von Beckerath and Detlef Franke see him as the twenty-fifth king of the dynasty.[3][4][5]
Until Ryholt's study of the Second Intermediate Period, it was believed that Sobekhotep VI's prenomen was Merhotepre. Reevaluating the archeological evidence, however, Ryholt attributed Merhotepre to Sobekhotep V and Khahotepre to Sobekhotep VI. Because of this change of prenomen, Merhotepre Sobekhotep and Khahotepre Sobekhotep are respectively called Sobekhotep VI and Sobekhotep V in older studies.[1][2]
Khahotepre Sobekhotep may have had four regnal years. Only a few objects attest to his reign. There exists a scarab seal from Abydos[6] and a kneeling statuette of the king, possibly from Kerma. Items of unknown provenance include 6 scarab seals, a cylinder seal[7] and a seal impression.
At Abydos, a fragmentary funerary stela dedicated to the god Wepwawet mentions [Kha]hotepre.[8][9] The stela has also been assigned to Merhotepre Ini.
In Jericho, a scarab bearing the prenomen Khahotepre was found in a tomb associated with pottery Group III (MB IIB/C). It could be evidence of trade relations between the 13th dynasty state and the Levant.[2]
The Turin canon lists Khahotepre Sobekhotep as a successor of Sobekhotep IV. However, one line is missing (lacuna) just below the line of Sobekhotep IV. Ryholt speculates that this line would preserve the name of Merhotepre Sobekhotep.[10] Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI is credited a reign of 4 years, 8 months and 29 days,[11] which Ryholt dates to 1719-1715 BC.[1]
Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI's father was perhaps Sobekhotep IV, the best attested king of the entire second intermediate period. This hypothesis is based on an inscription found in the Wadi el-Hudi which attests that Sobekhotep IV had a son called 'Sobekhotep'. If this son is indeed Sobekhotep VI, then his mother would be possibly Tjan, wife of Sobekhotep IV. Sobekhotep VI's queen may have been named Khaenoub (also Khaesnebou) or Nubhotepti.[2]
