The Theban Kingdom of Dynasty 16: Its Rise, Administration and Politics
Abstract
This paper focuses on the emergence of the Theban kingdom of Dynasty 16 in the Second Intermediate Period and explores the historical repercussions of its assumed struggle with the declining state of Dynasty 13 centered at Itjtawy. A revision of the recent evidence from Edfu raises doubts about the alleged contemporaneity of Sobekhotep iv and Khayan. A survey of administrative titles in the sources pertaining to the Theban kingdom testifies that it arose independently based on the local power structures of the Late Middle Kingdom rather than because of a relocation from the north. The separation of the nascent Theban kingdom from the state of Dynasty 13 and a surmised consequent confrontation between these entities had an impact on the ideology of the new polity and influenced the policy of its direct successor—the state of Dynasty 17 and the early New Kingdom. The original lack of legitimacy of Dynasty 16 could have been one of the reasons for overstating the power of the Hyksos in historical texts—in order to justify Theban claims to rule in Middle and Lower Egypt.
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The first evidence of a royal name with Thoth is Sekhemra Sementawy Djehuty, whose dynastic attribution is still debated.
“However, the first evidence is Sḫm-R ꜥ -Smn-tꜢwy Ḏḥwty, king Sekhemra Sementawy Djehuty, whose dynastic attribution is still debated.”
From The Kingship and the Moon from the Late 17th to Early 18th Dynasties (2024) · cites this paper as Ilin-Tomich 2014, 143-193
It can be argued that only the rulers who erected monuments at Karnak are mentioned in the Karnak king-list.
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Private memorials attest the continuity of administrative structures employed by the local southern Upper Egyptian administration of the Late Middle Kingdom.
“They attest the continuity of administrative structures employed by the local southern Upper Egyptian administration of the Late Middle Kingdom (Ilin-Tomich 2014).”
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Moeller, Marouard, and Ayers argued that the copresence of sealings with the names of Khian and Sobekhotep IV in the abandonment layer of an administrative building at Edfu indicated the two kings were contemporaries.
“Moeller, Marouard, and Ayers (Moeller et al. 2011) argued that the copresence of sealings with the names of Khian and Sobekhotep IV in the abandonment layer of an administrative building at Edfu indicated the two kings were contemporaries (for counterarguments, see Ilin-Tomich 2014).”
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GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ, G. (2024) · Orient · doi:10.5356/orient.59.13
- Authors
- Ilin-Tomich, A.
- Affiliations
- Institute of Oriental Studies (RU)
- Corresponding author
- Ilin-Tomich, Alexander
- Venue
- Journal of Egyptian History
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2014-11-20
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 143-193
- ISSN
- 1874-1657 (ISSN-L)
- 1874-1665
- OpenAlex
- W2060193914
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 6.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Egyptian History (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Classical Antiquity Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Near East History
- Keywords
- Second Intermediate Period, Edfu, Late Middle Kingdom, political legitimacy, Hyksos, Middle Egypt, Lower Egypt, Thebes
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