Table of Contents

Introduction: aims; source material; procedure and scope; anticipation of conclusions. Part 1 Primary sources for the chronology: the Turin king-list -- brief description, credibility -- errors and omissions, reconstruction, notes on the SIP section, excursus -- the Vorlage of the Turin king-list; excursus -- the transmission of the Turin king-list and the dynastic divisions; royal scarab-shaped seals -- royal scarab-shaped seals of the 13th dynasty, royal scarab-shaped seals of the 14th and 15th dynasties, scarab-shaped seals misinterpreted as royal seals of the SIP. Part 2 Defining the dynasties of the Second Intermediate Period: 13th Dynasty (Memphis) -- kings, territory; 14th Dynasty (Avaris) -- kings, territory; 15th Dynasty (Avaris) -- kings, territory; 16th Dynasty (Thebes) -- kings, territory; Abydos Dynasty (Abydos) -- kings, territory; 17th Dynasty (Thebes) -- kings, territory; chronological considerations -- the chronological framework, the external chronology, the internal chronology. Part 3 The royal families and the background of the kings: aim; filiative nomina; 13th Dynasty; 14th Dynasty; 15th Dynasty; 16th Dynasty; Abydos Dynasty; 17th Dynasty; notes on succession. Part 4 An outline of the political situation during the Second Intermediate Period: the early-Second Intermediate Period (c 1805-1649 BC); the late-Second Intermediate Period (c 1649-1540 BC); the term "Second Intermediate Period". Part 5 Appendices: The first king of the 13th Dynasty; the Uronarti Context; the supposed existence of vassal kings during the SIP; the abdication of Tutimaios?, Adam Buelow-Jacobsen. Part 6 Catalogue of attestations: arrangement; 13th Dynasty; 14th Dynasty; 15th Dynasty; 16th Dynasty; Abydos Dynasty; 17th Dynasty; unattributed.