Wazad

Wazad
Wazad
Uazed, Wadjed, Wasa, Uatched
	Scarab of pharaoh Wazad, drawing by Flinders Petrie.
Pharaoh
Reign	c. 1700 BC, possibly 3–4 years (Ryholt)
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Prenomen (Praenomen)
	Unknown, possibly Sehebre or Merdjefare (Ryholt)
	Unknown, possibly Sehebre or Merdjefare (Ryholt)
Nomen
Dynasty	14th dynasty

Wazad was an Egyptian pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period. According to the Egyptologists Kim Ryholt and Darrell Baker, Wazad was a member of the 14th Dynasty of Egypt reigning c. 1700 BC.^[2] As a king of the 14th Dynasty, he would have reigned from Avaris over the eastern Nile Delta and possibly over the western Delta as well.^[2] The Memphis-based 13th Dynasty reigned over Middle and Upper Egypt at the same time. Alternatively, according to Jürgen von Beckerath and Wolfgang Helck, Wazad was a ruler of the 16th Dynasty and a vassal of the Hyksos 15th Dynasty.^[3] This view is debated in Egyptology, in particular because Ryholt and others have argued that the 16th Dynasty was an independent Theban kingdom rather than a vassal dynasty of the Hyksos.

^ Flinders Petrie: A history of Egypt from the earliest times to the 16th dynasty,(1897), available copyright-free here
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference ryholt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, Münchner ägyptologische Studien, Heft 49, Mainz: P. von Zabern, 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6, available online see p. 120–121.

[1] Flinders Petrie: A history of Egypt from the earliest times to the 16th dynasty,(1897), available copyright-free here

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[beck-3] Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, Münchner ägyptologische Studien, Heft 49, Mainz: P. von Zabern, 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6, available online see p. 120–121.

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