Sebkay
Sebkay (alternatively Sebekay or Sebekāi) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period. For a long time his position created problems and he was most often placed into the 13th Dynasty. However, the discovery of the tomb of a king with the name Senebkay make it very likely that Sebkay is identical with the latter and the writing of the name Sebkay is just a misspelling of the name.
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| Sebekay, Sebekāi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closeup of the ivory wand showing the king's name. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reign | uncertain date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | 13th Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Very little is known about him, since his name is attested only on a wooden birth Tusk (wand) found at Abydos and now in the Cairo Museum (CG 9433 / JE 34988).
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