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Sobekhotep II
Sobekhotep II, usually identified with the throne name Khaankhre, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty, seated at Itjtawy near the Faiyum; the ordinal numbering of the dynasty's many kings, several named Sobekhotep, is uncertain.
Sobekhotep III
Sobekhotep III (throne name Sekhemre Sewadjtawy) was a pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty, reigning during the mid-18th century BC and attested by scarabs, seals, and monuments at Elkab and Elephantine.
Sobekhotep IV
Sobekhotep IV, also known as Khaneferre Sobekhotep, was a pharaoh of the Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, reigning about ten years.
Sobekhotep V
Sobekhotep V, throne name Khahotepre, was a poorly attested king of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty around 1710-1720 BC, known only from scarabs and fragmentary texts; some studies number him Sobekhotep VI.
Sobekhotep VII
Sobekhotep VII, also written Sobkhotep or Sebekhotep VII, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty whose throne name was Merkawre, meaning "Beloved of the kas of Ra."
Sobekhotep VIII
Sobekhotep VIII (Sekhemre Seusertawy Sobekhotep) was a Second Intermediate Period king of Egypt, placed by Kim Ryholt as the third ruler of the Theban 16th Dynasty.
Sobekmose
Sobekmose was a treasury official of Dynasty 18 in ancient Egypt, titled overseer of the House of Silver under Amenhotep III, known from his decorated burial chamber.
Sobeknakht (governor of Elkab)
Sobeknakht, also called Sobeknakht I, was governor of Elkab in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period under King Nebiryraw of the 16th Dynasty, known from tombs at Elkab.
Sobeknakht II
Sobeknakht II was a governor of Elkab in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, best known as the owner of Elkab Tomb 66 and as the son of governor Sobeknakht I.
Sobeknakht inscription
The Sobeknakht inscription is a hieroglyphic biographical text in the El-Kab tomb of Sobeknakht II, governor of Elkab, recording a Kushite-led raid deep into Upper Egypt.
Sobeknakht of El Kab
Sobeknakht (Sobek-nakht) was a governor and high priest of El Kab in Upper Egypt in the late Second Intermediate Period, known from a tomb inscription found in 2003.
Sobekneferu
Sobekneferu (Neferusobek, Sobekkare), last pharaoh of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty and first confirmed female king, reigned about 3 years 10 months, daughter of Amenemhat III, with mixed male-female royal imagery.
Sofya of Axum
Sofya of Axum, remembered in Ethiopian tradition as Ahyäwa Sofya, is an early fourth-century queen of Aksum, traditionally ruling when Christianity was introduced to the kingdom.
Sole Companion
Sole Companion, or smr wʿty, was a high ancient Egyptian court rank meaning 'sole friend of the king', attested from 2800 BCE to 324 CE.
Somtutefnakht
Somtutefnakht, also transliterated Sematawitefnakhte, was a priest and dignitary of Herakleopolis in Middle Egypt who lived through the Second Persian Domination and the early Macedonian period.
Son of Safatba'al inscription
The Son of Safatba'al inscription, cataloged as KAI 9, is a lacunary royal Phoenician inscription from Byblos dated around 500 BC, whose dedicator is known only as a son of Shipitbaal.
Song of Release
The Song of Release is a Hurrian narrative poem about the fall of Ebla, preserved in a Hurrian–Hittite bilingual edition from the Hittite capital Ḫattuša.
Song of the hoe
The Song of the hoe is a Sumerian poem of about 109 lines in which the god Enlil separates heaven from earth and forms humankind with a hoe.
Song of Ullikummi
The Song of Ullikummi is a Hittite mythological text, part of the Kumarbi cycle, telling how Kumarbi fathers a stone monster to destroy the Storm-God Teshub.
Sophonisba
Sophonisba, also written Sophonisbe, was a Carthaginian noblewoman of the Second Punic War who married Numidia's King Syphax and took poison in 203 BC rather than face Roman captivity.
Sosibius (minister)
Sosibius (Sosibios) was a Ptolemaic courtier who directed internal and external policy for Ptolemy III and IV. He was a key figure in the Fourth Syrian War.
Sosibius (son of Sosibius)
Sosibius, son of the powerful minister Sosibius, was a Ptolemaic courtier and body-guard of the child king Ptolemy V who helped overthrow Agathocles and was forced from office by Tlepolemus.
Sostratus of Cnidus
Sostratus of Cnidus (Sostratos of Knidos), son of Dexiphanes, was a Greek architect and diplomat from Cnidus who served the first Ptolemies and is credited with the Pharos of Alexandria.
Sosus of Mauretania
Sosus was a king of Mauretania in North Africa who ruled from about 80 to 49 BC and was the father of his successor, Bocchus II.
Sosylus of Sparta
Sosylus of Sparta, also called Sosylus of Lacedaemon, was a Greek historian who lived in Hannibal's camp, taught him Greek, and wrote a seven-book account of his campaigns.
Sotades
Sotades of Maronea was a Greek satirical poet at the Alexandrian court of Ptolemy II in the 3rd century BC, namesake of the Sotadean meter.
Sothi-Siswal culture
The Sothi-Siswal culture, also called the Siswal culture, is an Early Harappan archaeological culture of Haryana and northern Rajasthan, named after the type sites Sothi and Siswal.
South Saqqara Stone
The South Saqqara Stone is a 6th Dynasty Egyptian royal annals inscription on a basalt slab, found in 1932–33 in Pepi II's pyramid complex at South Saqqara.
Southwest Paleohispanic script
The Southwest Paleohispanic script, also called the Tartessian script, is the first attested indigenous writing system of Iberia, derived from the Phoenician alphabet and used on about 100 stone stelae.
Spell of the Twelve Caves
The Spell of the Twelve Caves, or Book of the Twelve Caverns, is an Egyptian funerary text listing the deities of the twelve caverns of the underworld.