Hotepibra at Jericho. Interconnections between Egypt and Syria-Palestine during the 13th dynasty
Gabriella Scandone Matthiae recognized and first published one of the most outstanding finds from Middle Bronze Ebla, the club of Pharaoh Hotepibra Harnedjheryotef, retrieved in the “Tomb of the Lord of the Goats”, an Eblaite king called Immeya. Though Hotepibra belongs to a group of rather obscure rulers of the 13th Dynasty, according to Manfred Bietak he reigned in Tell el-Dab‘a/ancient Avaris, bearing the title of “son of the Asiatic”, an epithet which may reflect special relationships established between Egypt and Syria-Palestine during the Second Intermediate Period.