Yakareb
| Yakareb | ||||||||||||||
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| Yak'reb, Yekeb-Baal, Yakba'al(?), Yekeb-Bor, Ykb-l | ||||||||||||||
![Scarab of Yakareb photographed by Flinders Petrie and now in the Petrie Museum[1][2]](/translate/en.wikipedia.org?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3AYakareb_scarab.png&t=hv) | ||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||
| Reign | unknown duration | |||||||||||||
| Predecessor | unknown | |||||||||||||
| Successor | unknown | |||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | uncertain, possibly14th dynasty | |||||||||||||
Yakarebmay have been a ruler of some part ofEgyptduring theSecond Intermediate Period,possibly during the 17th century BC, and likely belonging to theFourteenth Dynasty.[3][4]As such he would have ruled fromAvarisover the easternNile Deltaand possibly over the Western Delta as well. His chronological position and identity are unclear.
Attestations[edit]
Yakareb is one of the few attested kings of the 14th Dynasty with twoscarab sealsattributable to him, both of unknown provenance.[3][4] One of the two scarabs is currently housed in theEgyptian Museum of Berlin,catalog number 293/73, while the other is in thePetrie Museum,under the catalog number 11810.[3][5][6][7]
Since "Yakareb" is this king'snomen,it is not possible to assert whether or not Yakareb is listed on theTurin canon.The Turin canon is a king list redacted in the earlyRamesside period,which serves as the primary historical source for the 14th Dynasty but which records only theprenomenof the kings. Moreover, the document is fragmentary and Yakareb's prenomen may be lost in alacuna.[4]Thus, Yakareb is attested for certain by only the two scarabs, both of which are crudely made, and it is possible that "Yakareb" is a garbled or variant form of the name of a better known king of this time period.[6]
Chronological position[edit]
Although the chronological position of Yakareb is uncertain, the EgyptologistsKim Ryholtand Darrell Baker proposed that he ruled in the 14th Dynasty some time beforeYaqub-Har.This estimation is based on aseriationof the scarabs dating to the Second Intermediate Period.[3]
References[edit]
- ^Flinders Petrie:Scarabs and cylinders with names, illustrated by the Egyptian collection in University College, London by W. M. Flinders Petrie,British school of archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian research account, London 1917,available online copyright-freesee pl. xxii, num 16.h.1
- ^Percy E. Newberry:Scarabs an introduction to the study of Egyptian seals and signet rings, with forty-four plates and one hundred and sixteen illustrations in the text,1906, see plate XXII, num 8, p. 151.
- ^abcdK.S.B. Ryholt:The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800–1550 BC,Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997,excerpts available online here.
- ^abcDarrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I - Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC, Stacey International,ISBN978-1-905299-37-9,2008, p. 500–501
- ^Olga Tufnell:Studies on Scarab Seals Vol. 2,Aris & Phillips 1984,ISBN978-0856681301,see seal num. 3493
- ^abThe scarab onDigital Egypt,Petrie Museum.
- ^The scarab onthe catalog of the Petrie Museum