The first pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty, a.k.a. Amyrteos, Amirtaios, Amenirdisu
Precedessor Successor | |
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Reign of Amyrtaeus | |
AE Chronology | 404–399 |
v. Beckerath | 405–399 |
Shaw | 404–399 |
Dodson | 404–399 |
Redford | 405–399 |
Manetho | 6 years |
The Royal Titulary
From the hieroglyphic records
Birth name
Personal name given at birth. Also known as the Nomen.
Birth name
Amun ir di su
imn-ir-di-s(w)
Amun is the one who created him
i-mn:n-i-A2-ir:a:z
Hieroglyphs tenatively reconstructed from demotic source in
Spiegelberg, Die sogenannte demotische Chronik, Column II, row 2
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 222-223, a:E
Spiegelberg, Die sogenannte demotische Chronik, Column II, row 2
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 222-223, a:E
The sources of antiquity
From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity
Author | Greek | Transcription | Reign |
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Africanus xxviii, | Aμυρτεος | Amyrteus | 6 years |
Eusebius xxviii, | Aμυρταιος | Amyrtaeus | 6 years |
Herodotus 140.2 | Aμυρταιου | Amyrtaeus | |
Eratosthenes 38 | Aμουθαρταιος | Amyrthartaeus | 63 |
Bibliography
- Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 20 (1915): 159–160
- Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, Second edition, MÄS 49: 222–223
- Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. Atlanta: 169
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