Sedjefakare Kay Amenemhat VII was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 13th Dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Sedjefakare Name
According to Ryholt, Kay-Amenemhat’s nomen should be considered a patronymic and must be read as “Kay’s son Amenemhat”, as well as his predecessor (and thus father) Seb-Kay (“Seb’s son Kay”). Therefore set a dynastic line consisting of three kings: Seb, his son Kay, and the latter’s son Amenemhat. Ryholt suggested the same pattern earlier in the 13th Dynasty with the kings Ameni-Qemau and his successor Qemau-Siharnedjheritef.
Attestations
Sedjefakare is known from the Turin King List and several other objects, including six-cylinder seals, one bark stand from Medamud and two scarab seals. His name appears as a graffito in the tomb of queen Khuit I at Saqqara.
Theories
Ryholt assigns Sedjefakare, without further evidence, a reign of 6–7 years.
Bibliography
K.S.B. Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997), 341, File 13/20.
