Amenemhat Sénébef

Sekhemkare Amenemhat Senebef (also Sonbef, Amenemhat Senbef; Senebef) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the early 13th Dynasty, often considered as the final part of the late Middle Kingdom or early Second Intermediate Period.

Attestations As a king of the early 13th Dynasty, Sonbef may have reigned from Itjtawy in the Faiyum. However, the only contemporary attestations of him are from south of Thebes.

Upper Egypt At El-Tod, two inscribed blocks has the prenomen "Sekhemkare".

Nubia In Nubia, two Nile Level Records with the prenomen Sekhemkare are also attributable to him, one from Askut and dated to his Year 3, and the other from Semna dated to his Year 4. but later changed his opinion and attributed them to Amenemhat V.

Unknown provenance BM EA 75196 | A statue belonging to vizier Khenmes, including the royal name of king Sekhemkare.

Non-contemporary attestations Turin King list The Turin King List 7:06 mentions "The Dual King Sekhemkara ... years ... lacuna years, 6 years". Ryholt has read it as "Sekhemkare [Amenemhat Sonbe]f". At the opposite Detlef Franke and Stephen Quirke believe that Amenemhat V and Sonbef are one and the same person. Franke and others regard "Amenemhat Sonbef" as a double name. Indeed, double naming was common in Egypt and especially in the late 12th and 13th Dynasty.