Sobekhotep II

Sobekhotep II governed Egypt during the middle of the Thirteenth Dynasty, a phase within the Second Intermediate Period. He ruled from the capital at Itjtawy following King Khendjer, reigning for around three years from roughly 1750 to 1747 BC, with dates uncertain by about twenty-five years.

Very little personal information survives regarding his ancestry, family life, or ultimate fate. Like many monarchs of this period, his rule was brief, yet the centralized administration established during the Middle Kingdom continued to operate without immediate collapse, allowing works to proceed at key religious sites across Upper Egypt.

Scholars identify Sobekhotep II primarily through entries on king lists and surviving architectural fragments, most notably temple reliefs and carved blocks found at Medamud near Luxor. His burial location has not been discovered, and no confirmed royal tomb is known.

Monuments

• Temple blocks at Medamud

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