Seuserenre Bebiankh was a native ancient Egyptian king of the 16th Theban Dynasty during the

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and, according to

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, the successor of king

Semenre Semenre, also Smenre or Semenenre,von Beckerath 1984, pp. 126-27 is a poorly attested Theban pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt who succeeded the equally obscure Nebiriau II. He reigned from 1601 to 1600 BC (Kim Ryholt)Ry ...

. He is assigned a reign of 12 years in the

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(11.8).Kim Ryholt, ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c.1800-1550 B.C'', Museum Tusculanum Press, (1997), p. 202
Bebiankh was succeeded either by a poorly known king named Sekhemre Shedwast or by the equally shadowy ruler Seneferankhre Pepi III.

Attestations

Bebiankh is principally known by a stela found at Gebel Zeit that attests to mining activity conducted in this area by the Red Sea during his reign and preserves his royal names ''Seuserenre'' and ''Bebiankh''. The modest stela records this king's activities in the Gebel Zeit galena mines. He is also known to have built an extension to the Temple of

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. Bebiankh's nomen was also found on a bronze dagger found in

Naqada Naqada (Egyptian Arabic: ; Coptic language: ; Ancient Greek: ) is a town on the west bank of the Nile in Qena Governorate, Egypt, situated ca. 20 km north of Luxor. It includes the villages of Tukh, Khatara, Danfiq, and Zawayda. Acco ...

and now in the

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, under the catalog number BM EA 66062.

References

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