Anat-her
| Anat-her | |
|---|---|
| 'Anat-Har, Anather | |
Drawing of the scarab seal of Anat-her. | |
| Reign | unknown duration, may not have been a ruler |
| Predecessor | If a ruler, possibly the first member of the 16th Dynasty (von Beckerath). |
| Successor | 'Aper-'Anati (von Beckerath) |
| Dynasty | uncertain dynasty, 16th Dynasty (von Beckerath) |
Anat-her (also 'Anat-Har) may have been the first ruler of the Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt, reigning over some part of Lower Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period as a vassal of the Hyksos kings of the 15th Dynasty. This is contested however, with the Egyptologists Kim Ryholt and Darrel Baker believing that 'Anat-Har was a Canaanite chieftain contemporary with the powerful 12th Dynasty. Others such as Nicholas Geoffrey Lempriere Hammond contend that he was a prince of the 15th Dynasty. 'Anat-Har's name means "Anat is content" and refers to the Semitic goddess Anat, showing that he was of Canaanite descent.