Hotepibre, a Supposed Asiatic King in Egypt with Relations to Ebla
In recent years the obscure king Hotepibre of the Thirteenth Dynasty in Egypt, who ruled ca. 1790 B. C., has gained some attention in the literature. It has been suggested that the king was of Asiatic extraction, that he may have ruled from Avaris, and that he maintained relations with Ebla. This ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 1998, Volume: 311, Pages: 1-6 |
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| Summary: | In recent years the obscure king Hotepibre of the Thirteenth Dynasty in Egypt, who ruled ca. 1790 B. C., has gained some attention in the literature. It has been suggested that the king was of Asiatic extraction, that he may have ruled from Avaris, and that he maintained relations with Ebla. This article argues that both the supposed Asiatic origin and the relation to Avaris are based on false assumptions, and that the supposed contact with Ebla rests on very meager evidence. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1357421 |