- Khyan
Pharaoh Infobox | Name=Khyan |
_HorusHiero=
i-n:q-N21:Z2
Horus=Horus , who unites the shores
PrenomenHiero=N5-s-F9:D54-n | Prenomen="Seuserenre"
NomenHiero=x-i-i-A-n
Nomen="Khyan"| Reign=1610?–1580 BC| Predecessor=Sakir-Har ?| Successor=Apophis| Spouse= | Children= Yanassi | Dynasty=15th Dynasty | Father= | Mother= | Born= | Died= 1580 BC
Burial=
Monuments= A Stela in Avaris|Seuserenre Khyan, Khian or Khayan was reportedly the fourth king of the
Hyksos Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt who ruled approximately c.1610-1580 BC The Danish Egyptologist,Kim Ryholt , who published an extensive catalogue of the monuments of all the numerous pharaohs of theSecond Intermediate Period notes an important personal detail regarding this king's family. He states that:: "a stela set up inAvaris contains thenomen andprenomen of Khayan and a now lost dedication (presumably to Seth, Lord of Avaris) below which are inscribed the title and name of the Eldest King's Son Yanassi. The association of Khayan with those of his eldest son upon this stela suggests that the latter in fact was his designated successor, as also implied by his title." [Manfred Bietak, MDAIK 37, pp.63-71, pl.6]Khyan was, however, succeeded by Apophis who apparently was a usurper. [Kim SB Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, CNI Publications, (Museum Tusculanum Press: 1997), p.256] Ryholt argues that the Turin Canon gives Khyan a reign of thirty to forty years due to the large numbers of objects known for this Hyksos king. [Ryholt, op. cit., p.201] Since both Bietak and Ryholt record that Yanassi was apparently Khyan's designated successor, Apophis may have staged a
coup d'etat to seize power--perhaps immediately after the death of Khyan to pre-empt the latter's son from assuming the throne.Origin of Khyan's name
Ryholt notes that the name, Khyan, generally has been "interpreted as Amorite "Hayanu" (reading "h-ya-a-n") which the Egyptian form represents perfectly, and this is in all likelihood the correct interpretation." [Kim SB Ryholt, op. cit., p.128] It should be stressed that Khyan's name was not original and had been in use for centuries prior to the fifteenth Hyksos Dynasty. The name Hayanu is recorded in the Assyrian king lists--see "Khorsabad List I, 17 and the SDAS List, I, 16"--"for a remote ancestor of
Shamshi-Adad I (c.1800 BC)." [Kim SB Ryholt, op. cit., p.128] Khyan's name is transcribed as Staan in Africanus' version of Manetho's Epitome.External links
References
* Kim Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c.1800-1550 B.C., Museum Tuscalanum Press, (1997), 463 pages, ISBN 87-7289-421-0
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