Merdjefare
Sign in to saveMerdjefare was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 14th Dynasty of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c. 1700 BC. As a king of the 14th Dynasty, Merdjefare would have reigned from Avaris over the eastern Nile Delta and possibly over the western Delta as well.
Key facts
- Pharaoh.name
- Merdjefare
- Pharaoh.image
- Stele Merdjefare by Khruner.png
- Pharaoh.caption
- Merdjefare (right) offering to the god Sopdharsopd (left)
- Pharaoh.reign
- 3 to 4 years, starting after c. 1704 BC and finishing 1699 BC
- Pharaoh.dynasty
- 14th Dynasty
- Pharaoh.predecessor
- Sehebre
- Pharaoh.successor
- Sewadjkare III
- Pharaoh.prenomen
- MerdjefareMr-ḏf3-rˁ
- Pharaoh.prenomen_hiero
- N5-mr:r-I10:f-G1-G41:G36
- Pharaoh.nomen
- Unknown, possibly Wazad (after Ryholt)
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- Attestation
- Chronological Position
- Identity
- References
Merdjefare was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 14th Dynasty of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c. 1700 BC. As a king of the 14th Dynasty, Merdjefare would have reigned from Avaris over the eastern Nile Delta and possibly over the western Delta as well.
==Attestation== Merdjefare is one of only four pharaohs of the 14th Dynasty to have left any attestation beyond the Turin canon, a king list compiled in the early Ramesside period. Indeed, Merdjefare is mentioned on the stele of a royal seal-bearer and treasurer named Ranisonb. The stele, discovered in 1988–89, shows Merdjefare making offerings to Sopdharsopd and probably originates from Ranisonb's tomb at Saft el-Hinna in the southeastern Nile Delta. The stele is now in the private Krief collection.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merdjefare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.