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Hotepibre, a Supposed Asiatic King in Egypt with Relations to Ebla

1998; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 311; Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/1357421

2161-8062

Kim Ryholt,

Ancient Near East History

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.