Yakbim Sekhaenre

Egyptian pharaoh Yakbim SekhaenreScarab seal of Sekhaenre, now likely in the Petrie MuseumPharaohReignc. 25 years, 1805-1780 BCE (Ryholt)Predecessornone (founder)SuccessorYa'ammu NubwoserreRoyal titulary Prenomen SekhaenreHe who appears through Ra Nomen Yakbim Dynastylikely 14th Dynasty Sekhaenre Yakbim or Yakbmu was a ruler during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt. Although his dynastic and temporal collocation is disputed, Danish Egyptologist Kim Ryholt believes that he likely was the founder of the Levantine-blooded Fourteenth Dynasty, while in older literature he was mainly considered a member of the Sixteenth Dynasty. Identification His name never appears inside a cartouche, which was a pharaonic prerogative; nevertheless, on his seals he is usually called "the good god, Sekhaenre" (or simply "Sekhaenre") and "the son of Ra, Yakbim". No evidence confirms that the prenomen Sekhaenre and nomen Yakbim belong together. This theory is based on stylistic features of the seals and was proposed by William Ayres Ward and later elaborated on by Ryholt; Daphna Ben-Tor disputed this identification, pointing out that the seals of the several rulers living during this period are too s