Sedjefakare Kay Amenemhat VII was an
Egyptian
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pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: ''pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the an ...
of the
13th Dynasty
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.
Attestations
He is known from the
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, and several other objects, including six
cylinder seals, one bark stand from
Medamud
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The Temple of Montu was located here. It was excavated by Fernand Bisson de la Roque in 1925, who identified sev ...
and two scarab seals. His name appears as
graffito in the tomb of queen
Khuit I at
Saqqara
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.
Theories
Ryholt assigns him without further evidence a reign of 6–7 years.
[Ryholt, ''The Political Situation'', p. 408]
Bibliography
* K.S.B. Ryholt, ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period'' (''Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications'', vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997), 341, File 13/20.
See also
*
List of Pharaohs
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References
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18th-century BC Pharaohs
Pharaohs of the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt