| Wazad | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Uazed, Wadjed, Wasa, Uatched | |||||||||||||||||||
![Scarab of pharaoh Wazad, drawing by Flinders Petrie.[1]](view_image.php?q=Wazad&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Wazad.png) Scarab of pharaoh Wazad, drawing by Flinders Petrie.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | c. 1700 BC, possibly 3–4 years (Ryholt) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | 14th dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||
Wazad was an Egyptian pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period. According to the Egyptologists Kim Ryholt and Darrell Baker, Wazad was a member of the 14th Dynasty of Egypt reigning c. 1700 BC.[2] As a king of the 14th Dynasty, he would have reigned from Avaris over the eastern Nile Delta and possibly over the western Delta as well.[2] The Memphis-based 13th Dynasty reigned over Middle and Upper Egypt at the same time. Alternatively, according to Jürgen von Beckerath and Wolfgang Helck, Wazad was a ruler of the 16th Dynasty and a vassal of the Hyksos 15th Dynasty.[3] This view is debated in Egyptology, in particular because Ryholt and others have argued that the 16th Dynasty was an independent Theban kingdom rather than a vassal dynasty of the Hyksos.
- ^ Flinders Petrie: A history of Egypt from the earliest times to the 16th dynasty,(1897), available copyright-free here
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
ryholtwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, Münchner ägyptologische Studien, Heft 49, Mainz: P. von Zabern, 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6, available online see p. 120–121.