Anat-her

Anat-her
'Anat-Har, Anather
Drawing of the scarab seal of Anat-her.[1]
Drawing of the scarab seal of Anat-her.[1]
Pharaoh
Heka-chasut ?
Reignunknown duration, may not have been a ruler
PredecessorIf a ruler, possibly the first member of the 16th Dynasty (von Beckerath).
Successor'Aper-'Anati (von Beckerath)
Royal titulary
Nomen
S38qN25
N25
N25		 a
n
t		 h
r

Ḥq3-ḫ3swt-ˁnt-ḥr
Ruler of the foreign lands, Anat is content
Dynastyuncertain dynasty, 16th Dynasty (von Beckerath)

Anat-her (also 'Anat-Har) may have been the first ruler of the Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt, reigning over some part of Lower Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period as a vassal of the Hyksos kings of the 15th Dynasty.[2][3] This is contested however, with the Egyptologists Kim Ryholt and Darrel Baker believing that 'Anat-Har was a Canaanite chieftain contemporary with the powerful 12th Dynasty.[4] Others such as Nicholas Geoffrey Lempriere Hammond contend that he was a prince of the 15th Dynasty.[5] 'Anat-Har's name means "Anat is content" and refers to the Semitic goddess Anat, showing that he was of Canaanite descent.

  1. ^ Fraser, G.W., A catalogue of scarabs belonging to George Fraser (cat. no. 180). London, Bernard Quaritch, 1900.
  2. ^ Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, Münchner ägyptologische Studien, Heft 49, Mainz : P. von Zabern, 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6, p. 116–117
  3. ^ William C. Hayes, The Cambridge Ancient History (Fascicle): 6: Egypt: From the Death of Ammenemes III to Seqenenre II, CUP Archive, 1962, p 19
  4. ^ K.S.B. Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800–1550 BC, Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997, excerpts available online here.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference geoffrey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).