Smenkhkare

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Smenkhkare was a little-known and short-reigning pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, associated with the Amarna period and the tumultuous final years of Akhenaten’s religious revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amarna period figure
Eighteenth Dynasty ruler
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
associatedWith Akhenaten NERFINISHED
Amarna religious reforms NERFINISHED
attestedOn inscriptions on wine dockets
royal titulary fragments
scarabs and seals
tomb reliefs at Amarna
burialDebate possibly KV55 in the Valley of the Kings
capital Akhetaten NERFINISHED
chronologicalPosition late 14th century BCE
coregencyDebate possibly co-regent with Akhenaten
culticRole associated with Aten worship
dynasty Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED
era New Kingdom Egypt NERFINISHED
genderDebate sometimes distinguished from Neferneferuaten
sometimes identified with a female ruler
historicalReconstruction often reconstructed as Akhenaten’s immediate successor
historicalStatus poorly attested pharaoh
iconographyDebate sometimes identified in damaged royal scenes at Amarna
knownFrom limited archaeological evidence
modernScholarship subject of debate among Egyptologists
nameInHieroglyphs s-m-n-ḫ-k3-rˁ NERFINISHED
notableFor role in the final phase of the Amarna period
uncertain identity and short reign
politicalContext transition from Akhenaten to Tutankhamun
possibleSpouse Meritaten NERFINISHED
predecessorDebate possibly preceded by Akhenaten
region Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED
reignCharacterization poorly documented reign
short reign
reignPeriod late Amarna period
religiousContext Atenism NERFINISHED
decline of Akhenaten’s religious revolution
royalEpithets Ankhkheperure NERFINISHED
Djeser Kheperu NERFINISHED
royalHouse Thutmosid line (disputed) NERFINISHED
sourceType primarily epigraphic evidence
successorDebate possibly followed by Neferneferuaten
possibly succeeded by Tutankhamun
throneName Ankhkheperure Smenkhkare Djeser Kheperu NERFINISHED
title King of Upper and Lower Egypt
Lord of the Two Lands NERFINISHED

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Abydos King List excludes Smenkhkare
18th Dynasty of Egypt hasPharaoh Smenkhkare
Akhenaten successor Smenkhkare