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Wegaf
Sign in to saveKhutawyre Wegaf (or Ugaf) was a pharaoh of the early Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the late Middle Kingdom/Second Intermediate Period. He is known from several sources, including a stele and statues. In the Turin King List he is the first ruler of this dynasty with a reign of 2 regnal years.
Key facts
- Pharaoh.Name
- Wegaf
- Pharaoh.Alt
- Ugaf
- Pharaoh.Image
- Wegaf Rubensohn.png
- Pharaoh.ImageSize
- 230px
- Pharaoh.caption
- Drawing of the Rubensohn plaquette from Elephantine realized in 1907 by Georges Legrain. The plaquette mentions Khutawyre Wegaf and a king Senwosret.
- Pharaoh.Reign
- 2 regnal years1794–1757 BC
- Pharaoh.Dynasty
- Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- Pharaoh.Predecessor
- Sedjefakare (Ryholt)
- Pharaoh.Successor
- Khendjer (Ryholt)
- Pharaoh.Prenomen
- KhutawyreḪwj-t3wj-RˁRe protects the two lands
- Pharaoh.PrenomenHiero
- ra-D43:N17:N17
- Pharaoh.Nomen
- WegafWgj=f
- Pharaoh.NomenHiero
- w-g-F18:f
- Pharaoh.Horus
- Sekhem-NetjeruSḫm-nṯrwThe power of the gods
- Pharaoh.HorusHiero
- sxm-R8A
- Pharaoh.Nebty
- KhabawḪˁj-b3wThe two Ladies whose Bas are manifest
- Pharaoh.NebtyHiero
- xa:a-G30
- Pharaoh.GoldenHiero
- mr-i-i-N16:N16
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Wegaf Rubensohn.png
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- date of birth
- 1800-01-01
- date of death
- 1800-01-01
- Commons category
- Wegaf Khutawyre
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13 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Attestations
- Abydos, Cairo JE 35256 (weak)
- Thebes, Cairo JE 37510
- Thebes, Cairo JE 33740
- Medamud, Cairo JE 15900
- Elephantine, Rubensohn plaquette, Cairo JE 38333
- Khartoum 65-7
- Non-contemporary Attestations
- Turin King List
- Theories
- References
- Bibliography
Khutawyre Wegaf (or Ugaf) was a pharaoh of the early Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the late Middle Kingdom/Second Intermediate Period. He is known from several sources, including a stele and statues. In the Turin King List he is the first ruler of this dynasty with a reign of 2 regnal years.
==Early life== There is no evidence that Wegaf was of royal parentage. There is a general known from a scarab with the same name, who is perhaps identical with this king. How he emerged as king remains debated.