Sankhenre Sewadjtu

Sankhenre Sewadjtu
S'ankhre'enswadtju, Sewadjtew
Pharaoh
Reign3 Years, 2 to 4 Months, from 1675 BC until 1672 BC[1] or in 1694 BC or in 1654 BC [2]
PredecessorMerhotepre Ini
SuccessorMersekhemre Ined
Royal titulary
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Sankhenre Sewadjtu
S.ˁnḫ-n-Rˁ-sw3ḏtw
The one whom Re has brought to life, he who is caused to flourish
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Z7		 V11AG7
Dynasty13th dynasty

Sankhenre Sewadjtu was the thirty-fourth pharaoh of the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.[3] Sewadjtu reigned from Memphis, starting in 1675 BC and for a period of 3 years and 2 to 4 months.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kim Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c. 1800–1550 B.C.. Museum Tuscalanum Press, 1997 (ISBN 87-7289-421-0)
  2. ^ Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen, Albatros, 2002
  3. ^ Darell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I - Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300 - 1069 BC, Stacey International, ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9, 2008, p. 419