A pharaoh(?) of the Fifteenth Dynasty, a.k.a. Bnon
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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 letterβ 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 ?
Bieke Mahieu. 2023. The Identification and Sequence of the Hyksos Kings in Dynasty 15. Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 52: 194f.
The Greek letter
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Sligtlhy adapted from the ingeniously proposal inBieke 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
Author | Greek | Transcription | Reign |
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Africanus xv, 2 | Βνων | Bnon | 44 years |
Eusebius xvii, 2 | Βνων | Bnon | 40 years |
Josephus 80 | Βηων | Beon | 44 years |
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