- Contemporary sources from her reign show that Sobekneferu adopted only the 'King's Daughter' title, which further supports this hypothesis.[74]...
- Sobekneferu, Mısır'ın onikinci hanedanına mensup sekizinci ve son hükümdar.
- Her statues also show Sobekneferu in full royal regalia as a male king would have worn, posing in royal positions.
- Sobek, the crocodile god, symbolized power, protection, and ferocity, and Sobekneferu was the first to carry his name as part of her own.
- After his death in the ninth year of his reign, the Egyptian elite broke with convention and chose Sobekneferu as the Pharaoh’s successor.
- Sobekneferu is the first-known woman that ruled Egypt, even though she is not well known, she is an important part of the 12th dynasty.
- Of particular interest is the depiction on granite columns of the serekh of Amenemhat III holding out the ankh (representing life) to the serekh of Sobekneferu.
- Although this assignment is unverified, a statuette in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has been suggested to represent Sobekneferu.
- Many historians and scholars believe that it was Sobekneferu who was the Princess that found Moses in the river Nile and adopted him.
Sobekneferu
Mısır Firavunu
Genel bilgiler
Sobekneferu, Mısır'ın onikinci hanedanına mensup sekizinci ve son hükümdar. Onikinci hanedandaki tek kadın firavundur.
Kardeşi Firavun IV. Amenemhat'ın ölümü üzerine MÖ 1806 - MÖ 1802 tarihleri arasında 4 yıl hüküm sürmüştür.
Kısa bilgiler
- Ölüm tarihi:MÖ 1793
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