| Preceded by: Ay |
Pharaoh of Egypt 13th Dynasty |
Succeeded by: Seankhenre- Sewadjtu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ini II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Drawing by Flinders Petrie of a scarab seal of Ini II, now in the Petrie Museum. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1677–1675 BC (2 years, 3-4 months and 9 days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Legacy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Ay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Ineni (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- For other pages by this name, see Ini.
Merhotepre Ini II (transliteration: ỉnỉ) was an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh of the Thirteenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. He was the son and successor of Ay. Ini II is assigned a brief reign of 2 years, 3-4 months and 9 days in the Turin Canon.[1] Although, Merhotepre enjoyed a very brief reign, he is attested in the historical records by the Cairo Juridical Stela. This document, which is dated to Year 1 of the later Theban king Nebiryrau I, contains an important geneaological charter which states that Aymeru – the son by Vizier Ay and the King's Daughter Reditenes – was appointed Governor of el-Kab in Year 1 of Merhotepre Ini.[2] The reason for this appointment was due to the unexpected death of the childless Governor of el-Kab Ay-junior who was Vizier Ay's eldest son and Aymeru's elder brother. The charter identifies a certain Kebsi as the son of Governor, and later, Vizier Aymeru.[2]
It appears that Ay was already the Vizier prior to Year 1 of Merhotepre Ini. When Vizier Ay later died, he was succeeded to the Vizerate by Aymeru, his son. Aymeru, in turn, simultaneously transferred the Governorship of el-Kab to his son, Kebsi. This means that a period of only 2 family generations or about 40-60 years at most separate Year 1 of the 13th Dynasty king Merhotepre Ini from Year 1 of the Theban king Nebiryrau I, who is assigned a reign of 26 years in the Turin Canon.[2] The purpose for the creation of the Cairo Juridical Stela was to document Kebsi's sale of his office as Governor of el-Kab to a relative named Sobeknakhte in order to settle his personal debts. This aforementioned Sobeknakhte was the father of the famous Governor of el-Kab Sobeknakhte II, who is the owner of Tomb T10 at el-Kab – one of the most richly decorated tombs in Second Intermediate Period Egypt (PM V 185). The tomb was cleaned in 2003 by British Egyptologists and found to contain an inscription with important historical significance: it recounts a massive Nubian attack on the small and fragile 17th Dynasty city state of Thebes which was decisively repulsed by a counterattack led by this aged Governor.
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Bibliography[]
- Bennett, C., 2002: A Geneaological Chronology of the Seventeenth Dynasty. JARCE 39, pp. 123-155.
- Ryholt, K., 1997: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c. 1800-1550 B.C. Museum Tuscalanum Press, Copenhagen.
| Predecessor: Ay |
Pharaoh of Egypt 13th Dynasty |
Successor: Seankhenre-Sewadjtu |