Sedjefakare Kay Amenemhat VII was an Egyptian pharaoh of the early 13th Dynasty in the late Middle Kingdom.
Attestations Archaeologically, he is known from several objects, including six cylinder seals,Swiss Private Collection; Brooklyn Museum 44.123.77; Ex Hilton Price 4250; Petrie Museum UCL 11533; Petrie Museum UCL 11534 and two scarab seals.Cairo, New York MMA 26.7.85. His name appears as graffito in the tomb of queen Khuit I at Saqqara.
Architecture Bark-stand, Cairo JE 15900 At Medamud (Upper Egypt), a bark-stand which originally had an inscription of Sedjefakare to which an inscription was added by Wegaf.Cairo JE 15900. In the Turin King List Wegaf (7:05) heads this sequence of kings while Sedjefakare (7:17) comes later in the list, causing a debate about the chronology of these kings.
Nile Level Record At Semna (Nubia), a Nile Level Record is dated to Year 1.Elsa Yvanez (2010) Rock Inscriptions from Semna and Kumma. Other kings with Nile Level records at the fortresses of Semna and Kumma includes Amenemhat III, Amenemhat IV, Sobekneferu, Sekhemkare Amenemhat V and Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep Amenemhat.
Cylinder seals Six cylinder seals are known.Swiss Private Collection; Brooklyn Museum 44.123.77; Ex Hilton Price 4250; Petrie Museum UCL 11533; Petrie Museum UCL 11534.
Cylinder Seal, Petrie UC 11533 At Harageh (Faiyum region), a cylinder seal with the inscription: Sedjefakare, beloved by Sobek lord of Sumenu.London, Petrie Museum UC 11533.
Cylinder Seal, Petrie UC 11534 At Lahun (Faiyum region), a cylinder seal with the inscription: Sedjefakare, beloved by Sobek lord of Sumenu.London, Petrie Museum UC 11534.
Cylinder Seal, New York MMA 10.130.1640
A glaced steatite cylinder seal with the Horus name Horteptawy/Heriteptawy, belonging to Amenemhat VIINew York MMA 10.130.1640.
Scarabs Two scarabs are known.Cairo; New York MMA 26.7.85
Scarab, New York MMA 26.7.85
Scarab With Throne Name Sedjefakare, belonging to Amenemhat VII.New York, MET 26.7.85.
Non-Contemporary Attestations The Turin King List 7:18 contains the entry: "The Dual King Sedjefa..kara, x years ...". In the list he is predeceded by 7:17 Awtibra Hor and succeeded by 7:19 Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep Amenemhat.
Burial The Tomb of Sedjefakare has not been located.
Theories Ryholt assigns him without further evidence a reign of 3 years.Ryholt 1997:408. He suggests a dating around 1769-1766 BC.
Bibliography K.S.B. Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997), 341, File 13/20.
See also List of Pharaohs
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