Nebiryraw I
Sewadjenre Nebiryraw was an ancient Egyptian king of the Theban-based 16th Dynasty, during the Second Intermediate Period.
Attestations
His main attestation is in the Thebaid region, the Juridical Stela preserving his names and provides the highest attestation Year 1. He is known from several seals.At Thebes, the Juridical Stela, a well known administrative document dated to his regnal Year 1. This stela also mentions a predecessor king "Merhotepre", which may be Merhotepre Sobekhotep. On the stela his nomen is written as Neb-iri-er-au.
At Hu, a cemetery yielded a copper dagger with the prenomen of Nebiriau that was discovered by Flinders Petrie in the late 1890s.
Nebiryraw is also depicted along with the goddess Maat on a small stela which is part of the Egyptian collection located in Bonn.
Seals. All the seals issued by Nebiryraw were made of clay or frit rather than the usual steatite which implies there were no mining expeditions dispatched to the Eastern Desert region of Egypt during his reign. Two seals of this king were found at Lisht which at the time was part of the Hyksos realm; this finding may demonstrate diplomatic contacts between the Theban dynasty and the Hyksos during Nebiryraw's reign, although this is uncertain. In the Petrie Museum, see UC 11608 and some faience scarabs do not give royal titles, and may be read as a blessings instead.