Dedusobek Bebi (ddw-sbk bbỉ) was a high official of the late Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. He became the "Great Scribe of the Vizier" (ss wr n t3ty). This position was directly under the Vizier acting as a deputy.Juan Carlos Moreno García ed. (2013) Ancient Egyptian Administration, p. 232
Family He was the son of "steward" Sobekhotep and born to Hapyu. His brother was Nebankh who was "king's acquaintance" under Neferhotep I and high steward under Sobekhotep IV.
Wife and Children His wife was Lady of the House, Duatnefret.Adela Oppenheim, Dorothea Arnold, Dieter Arnold, Kei Yamamoto (2015), Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom, p. 135 He was the father of queen Nubkhaes who was married to an unnamed king. She may have been buried along with king Sobekemsaf II. An important son was "Reporter of Thebes", Sobekemsaf. Another important son of Dedusobek Bebi was the "royal sealer" and "scribe of the personal scribe of the royal board" Nebsumenu.
Attestations The name Dedusobek-Bebi (PD765https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/person/765) may also appear in literature as Sobekdedu-Bebi.
Dedusobek is known from several sources. Detlef Franke: Personendaten aus dem Mittleren Reich (20.-16. Jahrhundert v. Chr.), Dossiers 1-796, Wiesbaden 1984, 441, Dossier. 765
At Thebes, a statue of Sobekemsaf mentions "the Great One of the Tens of Upper Egypt, Dedusobek Bebi" as his father.Vienna, Kunsthistoriches Museum 5801
A fragmentary base of a statue of unknown provenance mentions "the Great One of the Tens of Upper Egypt, Dedusobek Bebi, true of [voice]".Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum Fragment E.SU.157
Stele of Bebi (Louvre 88): He is attested as the Great Scribe of the Vizier.Paris, Louvre 88https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010021759Daniela C. Luft (2019) Osiris anthems, p. 275
At Abydos (?), he is attested as the Great Scribe of the Vizier on a stela with a hymn to Osiris.Paris, Louvre Museum C285; https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010021759Sibylle Meyer (2004) Egypt - Temple of the Whole World : Studies in Honor of Jan Assmann, p. 97 It mentions Dédousobek (great scribe of the vizier); Bébi (nickname); Sebekhetep (father); Hepyou (mother); Osiris-Khenty-Imentyou (Abydos); Osiris; Nut; Atum; Heliopolis; Busiris; Ennead
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