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The obscure Hyksos king 'Sakir-Har' was discovered in a recently excavated door jamb from Tell el-Dab'a. His titulary (Horus, Nebti and Golden Falcon names) appear on door jamb Cairo TD-8316.^[1] According to Kim Ryholt's 1997 book on the Second Intermediate Period, the door jamb reads as
The door jamb confirms the identity of Sakir-Har as one of the first 3 kings of the Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt. His immediate successor would have been the powerful Hyksos ruler Khyan if he was the third Hyksos king of this dynasty but his precise position within this dynasty has not yet been established.

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1. Kim Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c.1800-1550 B.C., Museum Tuscalanum Press, 1997. p.120

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★ I. Hein (ed), ''Pharaonen und Fremde - Dynastien im Dunkeln'', Vienna 1994, 150-152, No. 126 (photographic picture of the door jamb)

★ Kim Ryholt, ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c.1800-1550 B.C.'', Museum Tuscalanum Press, (1997), 463 pages, ISBN 87-7289-421-0