- Sakir-Har
The obscure
Hyksos king, Sakir-Har, was discovered in a recently excavated door jamb fromTell el-Dab'a ofAncient Egypt by Manfred Bietak. His titulary (Nebti and Golden Falcon names, as well as his nomen) appear on door jamb, "Cairo TD-8316". [Kim Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c.1800-1550 B.C., Museum Tuscalanum Press, 1997. p.120] According toKim Ryholt 's 1997 book on theSecond Intermediate Period , the door jamb reads as, The door jamb confirms the identity of Sakir-Har as one of the first three kings of theHyksos Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt . His immediate successor would have been the powerful Hyksos ruler,Khyan , if he was the thirdHyksos king of this dynasty, but Sakir-Har's precise position within this dynasty has not yet been established. The name Sakir-Har translates as 'Reward of Har.' [Ryholt, op. cit., pp.127-128]References
Bibliography
*I. Hein (ed), "Pharaonen und Fremde - Dynastien im Dunkeln", Vienna 1994, 150-152, No. 126 (photographic picture of the door jamb)
*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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