Beon in hieroglyphs

A pharaoh(?) of the Fifteenth Dynasty, a.k.a. Bnon

Precedessor
Sharek

Successor
Djehuty

Reign of Beon
Several attempts has been made to identify Beon or Bnon with an archaeologically attested ruler, but his hieroglyphic name(s) remains unidentified, and the name Βηών/Βνῶν can not be linked to an actual royal name.
The Greek letter β is also used in Greek for the number 2, written as β′. The original note in Manetho may have shown that the second king (i.e. β′) was “without name” (i.e. β′ + νώνυμος, or 2 + nonymos, ), indicating that the king's name was unknown. Perhaps a copy of the Epitome was made when the shorthand νών had become the norm, or the copyist made a careless dittographical error and corrupted the text into Βνῶν instead of β′ + νώνυμος?

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Sligtlhy adapted from the ingeniously proposal in
Bieke Mahieu. 2023. The Identification and Sequence of the Hyksos Kings in Dynasty 15. Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 52: 194f.

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

The sources of antiquity

From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity

AuthorGreekTranscriptionReign
Africanus xv, 2 Βνων Bnon 44 years
Eusebius xvii, 2 Βνων Bnon 40 years
Josephus 80 Βηων Beon 44 years
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