Ya'ammu Nubwoserre
| Ya'ammu Nubwoserre | |
|---|---|
![Drawing of a scarab seal of Nubwoserre. Petrie Museum (UC16597)[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Scarab_Nubwoserre_UC16597.jpg/220px-Scarab_Nubwoserre_UC16597.jpg) Drawing of a scarab seal of Nubwoserre. Petrie Museum (UC16597)[1] | |
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | c.10 years, 1780-1770 BCE (Ryholt)[2] (likely 14th Dynasty[2]) |
| Predecessor | uncertain, Yakbim Sekhaenre[2] |
| Successor | uncertain, Qareh Khawoserre[2] |
Nubwoserre Ya'ammu (also rendered as Ya'amu,[4] Jamu and Jaam[3]) was a ruler during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt. This Asiatic-blooded ruler is traditionally placed in the Sixteenth Dynasty, an hypothesis still in use nowadays by scholars such as Jürgen von Beckerath;[3] although recently Kim Ryholt proposed him as the second ruler of the 14th Dynasty.[2]
Identification[]
This ruler seems to have made little use of the cartouche – which was a pharaonic prerogative – since it was used only for the throne name, Nubwoserre, though not always.[5] His personal name never appears inside a cartouche, and is simply reported as "the son of Ra, Ya'ammu".
Similar to his suggested predecessor Yakbim Sekhaenre, there is no direct evidence that Ya'ammu's throne name was Nubwoserre: the association is based on stylistic features of the seals and was proposed by William Ayres Ward[6] and later elaborated by Ryholt;[7] disputed this identification, pointing out that the seals of the many rulers living during this period are too similar to make such correlations on the basis of mere design features.[4] The Turin King List can not help with this issue since the ruler does not appear on it, likely due to a lacuna.[8]
Assuming that Ward and Ryholt were right, Nubwoserre Ya'ammu is attested by 26 rather crude scarab seals (more precisely, 19 naming Nubwoserre and 7 naming Ya'ammu);[1][9] based on that, Ryholt estimated for him a reign length of around ten years, in the interval 1780–1770 BCE.[2] However, about the events of his reign absolutely nothing is known.
Israeli Egyptologist identifies Ya'ammu with his proposed predecessor Yakbim.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b King Ya'ammu on Digitalegypt
- ^ a b c d e f Ryholt (1997), p. 200
- ^ a b c d e Nubwoserre Ya'ammu on Eglyphica.de
- ^ a b Ben-Tor (2010), pp. 99ff
- ^ Ryholt (1997), p. 45
- ^ Ward (1984), pp. 163ff
- ^ Ryholt (1997), pp. 41–47
- ^ Ryholt (1997), p. 98
- ^ Ryholt (1997), p. 199
Bibliography[]
- Ben-Tor, D. (2010). "Sequences and chronology of Second Intermediate Period royal-name scarabs, based on excavated series from Egypt and the Levant". In Marcel Marée (ed.). The Second Intermediate Period: Current Research, Future Prospects. Orientalia Lovaniensa Analecta. Vol. 192. Leuven, Paris and Walpole, MA: Uitgeverij Peeters and Departement Oosterse Studies. pp. 91–108.
- Ryholt, K. S. B. (1997). The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c. 1800–1550 BC. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-421-0.
- Ward, W. A. (1984). "Royal-name scarabs". In O. Tufnell (ed.). Scarab Seals and their Contribution to History in the Early Second Millennium B.C. Studies on Scarab Seals. Vol. 2. Warminster: Aris & Phillips. pp. 151–192.
- 18th-century BC Pharaohs
- Pharaohs of the Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- Pharaohs of the Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt