Sehebre was a ruler of the Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling for three to four years around 1700 BC during the Second Intermediate Period. According to Egyptologists Kim Ryholt, Jürgen von Beckerath, and Darrell Baker, he was the fifth king of the dynasty. As such, he would have ruled over the eastern Nile Delta – and possibly the western Delta – from his capital at Avaris.
Attestation
Sehebre is known solely from the Turin canon, a king list redacted during the early Ramesside period, over 400 years after Sehebre’s reign. According to the latest reading of the Canon by Ryholt, Sehebre’s name is given on the 9th column, row 4 of the document (corresponding to entry 8.4 of Gardiner and von Beckerath’s reading of the canon). Sehebre is credited with a reign of 3 to 4 years, an unknown number of months and one day by the canon.
Identity of Sehebre
No contemporary attestation of Sehebre is known to this day. However, Ryholt points out that this stands at odds with Sehebre’s reign length of three to four years, the longest reign of the 14th Dynasty and only equalled by his successor Merdjefare. Conversely, kings with shorter reigns, such as Nehesy, who reigned around one year, are well attested by contemporary artefacts. Thus, Ryholt suggests that Sehebre is to be identified with either Wazad or Sheneh, well-attested rulers of the 14th Dynasty but who do not appear in the Turin Canon.