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Sobekhotep was an important ancient Egyptian courtier of the New Kingdom circa 1400 BCE, most likely in office under king 
Sobekhotep was an important ancient Egyptian courtier of the New Kingdom circa 1400 BCE, most likely in office under king Thutmosis IV
Thutmose IV (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; egy, ḏḥwti.msi(.w) "Thoth is born") was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled in approximately the 14th century ...
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Sobekhotep was treasurer
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, but also mayor of Shedet, the capital of the Fayum
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. The latter title he was holding before being appointed to become a treasurer. Sobekhotep was the son of the treasurer Min
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and followed him most likely directly in his office. Sobekhotep is mainly known from his Theban tomb TT63. His wife Meryt was the nurse of the king's daughter Tiaa
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. Her father is not known for sure, she either was the daughter of the mayor of the Faiyum Kapus or the daughter of another Sobekhotep who was also mayor of Shedet. His son was called Paser and was also mayor of Shedet. Otherwise, not much is known about him. He appears on a legal document that mentions also the Hathor
Hathor ( egy, ḥwt-ḥr, lit=House of Horus, grc, Ἁθώρ , cop, ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ, Meroitic: ) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sk ...
temple at Gebelein
Gebelein (Egyptian Arabic: , Two Mountains; Egyptian: Inerty or Per-Hathor; Ancient Greek: or ; Latin: ''Pathyris'' or ''Aphroditopolis'') was a town in Egypt. It is located on the Nile, about 40 km south of Thebes, in the New Valley Go ...
and he is known from a statue.
Bibliography
* * *{{cite book, last1=Zecchi, first1=Marco, title=Sobek of Shedet, The Crocodile God in the Fayyum in the Dynastic Period, year=2010, location=Todi, ISBN=9788862441155References