Nehesy
Sign in to saveNehesy Aasehre (Nehesi) was a ruler of Lower Egypt during the fragmented Second Intermediate Period. He is placed by most scholars into the early 14th Dynasty, as either the second or the sixth pharaoh of this dynasty. As such he is considered to have reigned for a short time 1705 BC and would have ruled from Avaris over the eastern Nile Delta. Recent evidence makes it possible that a second person with this name, a son of a Hyksos king, lived at a slightly later time during the late 15th Dynasty 1580 BC. It is possible that most of the artefacts attributed to the king Nehesy mentioned in the
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- Nehesy
- Pharaoh.alt_name
- Nehesi, Nehsy, Nehasi
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- Obelisk Aasehre Mariette.jpg
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- Four sides of an obelisk of King Nehesy found at Tanis. The inscription reads "The Perfect God, Lord of the Two Lands, Master of the Cultus, ꜤAꜣ-sḥ-reꜥ, Son of Re, [Nehsy]. He made it as a monument for his mother P[t]r making(?) for [her a...]"
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- 230px
- Pharaoh.reign
- 0 years, x months and 3 days 1705 BC
- Pharaoh.dynasty
- 14th dynasty
- Pharaoh.predecessor
- uncertain, Sheshi (Ryholt)
- Pharaoh.successor
- uncertain, Khakherewre
- Pharaoh.prenomen
- Aasehreˁ3-sḥ-RˁThe Hall of Council of Ra is greatR8-F35-
- Pharaoh.nomen
- NehesyNḥsjThe NubianG39-N5-Turin canonNḥsjThe Nubian
- Pharaoh.father
- uncertain, Sheshi (Ryholt)
- Pharaoh.mother
- uncertain, Tati (Ryholt)
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- Aasehra obelisk Petrie.png
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- 1700-01-01
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- 1700-01-01
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11 sectionsContents
- Family
- Reign
- Attestation
- Lower Egypt
- Tell el-Dab'a (Avaris)
- Tell Habuwa (Tjaru)
- Tell el Muqdam
- Non-Contemporary Attestations
- Turin King List
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- References
Nehesy Aasehre (Nehesi) was a ruler of Lower Egypt during the fragmented Second Intermediate Period. He is placed by most scholars into the early 14th Dynasty, as either the second or the sixth pharaoh of this dynasty. As such he is considered to have reigned for a short time 1705 BC and would have ruled from Avaris over the eastern Nile Delta. Recent evidence makes it possible that a second person with this name, a son of a Hyksos king, lived at a slightly later time during the late 15th Dynasty 1580 BC. It is possible that most of the artefacts attributed to the king Nehesy mentioned in the Turin canon, in fact belong to this Hyksos prince.
==Family== In his review of the Second Intermediate Period, egyptologist Kim Ryholt proposed that Nehesy was the son and direct successor of the pharaoh Sheshi with a Nubian Queen named Tati. Egyptologist Darrell Baker, who also shares this opinion, posits that Tati must have been Nubian or of Nubian descent, hence Nehesy's name meaning The Nubian. Being related to Sheshi who is believed to have a Canaanite origin, Nehesy is also believed to be of Canaanite descent.