page_title: Neferhotep I
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Neferhotep I / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of two scarabs of Ha-ankhef and Kema, parents of pharaohs Khasekhemre Neferhotep (I) and Khaneferre Sebekhotep (IV): "Royal sealer, divine father Ha-ankhef"; "Princess, royal daughter Kema". Reign of one of their sons, 13th dynasty, Middle Kingdom.
context_page_description: Khasekhemre Neferhotep I was an Egyptian pharaoh of the mid Thirteenth Dynasty ruling in the second half of the 18th century BC during a time referred to as the late Middle Kingdom or early Second Intermediate Period, depending on the scholar. One of the best attested rulers of the 13th Dynasty, Neferhotep I reigned for 11 years.
  The grandson of a non-royal townsman from a Theban family with a military background, Neferhotep I's relation to his predecessor Sobekhotep III is unclear and he may have usurped the throne. Neferhotep I was likely contemporaneous with kings Zimri-Lim of Mari and Hammurabi of Babylon. Little is known of his activities during his decade-long reign and the most important document surviving from his rule is a stela from Abydos recounting the fashioning of an image of Osiris and Neferhotep's determination that it be made "as instructed by the gods at the beginning of time".
  Towards the end of his reign, Neferhotep I shared the throne with his brother Sihathor, a coregency that lasted a few months to a year. Sihathor died shortly before Neferhotep, who probably then appointed another brother, Sobekhotep IV, as coregent.
caption: Scarab seals of the "Royal sealer, god's father Haankhef", father of Neferhotep I and the "member of the elite, king's daughter Kema", daughter of Neferhotep I.[12]
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