Amenemhat I
Also known as: Amenemhet I |
Dynasty XII |
Amenemhat I was not of royal birth, and somehow managed to capture the throne. It is possible that he was Menthuhotep IV's vizier named Amenemhat, who led an expedition to Wadi Hammamat. The king died, it is unknown if by Amenemhat's hand or by some accident. Either way, he founded the great Twelfth dynasty.
Amenemhat I moved the capital from Thebes to the lost city of Itjtawy, thought to be located close to the pyramids of Amenemhat I and his son Senusret I.
Reign of Amenemhat I |
AE Chronology | 1939–1910 |
von Beckerath | 1976–1947 |
Shaw | 1985–1965 |
Dodson | 1994–1964 |
Malek | 1980–1951 |
Arnold | 1991–1962 |
Grimal | 1991–1962 |
Franke | 1938–1909 |
Redford | 1991–1962 |
Manetho (Eusebius) | 16 years |
The Royal Titulary
From the hieroglyphic records
Horus name
Sehotep ib tawy
s-ḥtp-ib-tꜢwi
The one who has appeased the heart of the Two Lands
s-Htp:ib:N17:N17
Early reign
ZÄS , 92, plate 3
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:H1
Horus name variant
Wehem mesut
wḥm-mswt
The one who has repeated births
wHm-ms:t-w
Naville, Bubastis, plate XXXIII A
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), II, 124 a27
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:H2
Nebty name
Sehotep ib tawy
s-ḥtp-ib-tꜢwi
The one who has appeased the heart of the Two Lands
s-Htp:ib:N17:N17
Early reign
ZÄS , 92, plate 3
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1: N1
Nebty name variant
Wehem mesut
wḥm-mswt
The one who has repeated births
wHm-ms-w&t
Petrie Museum, UC14785
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:N2
Golden Horus name
Bik nebu sema
bik-nbw-zmꜢ
The uniter
F36*G5:nbw
Early reign
ZÄS , 92, plate 3
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:G1
Golden Horus name variant
Bik nebu mes
bik-nbw-ms
ms*G5:nbw
Benihassan Tomb 2, Large Incription A
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), II, 124a
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:G2
Throne name
Sehotep ib Ra
s-ḥtp-ib-rꜤ
The one who the heart of Ra
ra-s-Htp:ib
Benihassan Tomb 2
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), II, 124 a28
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:T1
Throne name variant
Sehotep ib Ra
s-ḥtp-ib-rꜤ
The one who the heart of Ra
ra-s-Htp:t*p-ib
Abydos king list 59
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:T2
Throne name variant
Sehotep ib Ra
s-ḥtp-ib-rꜤ
The one who the heart of Ra
ra-s-Htp:t-p-ib-Z1
Saqqara king list 15
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, III, 481 (15)
Throne name variant
..pib(ra)
//-p-ib
..p-ib-1
Royal Canon of Turin 6.20
Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin (1959), V:20
Birth name
Amenemhat
imn-m-ḥꜢt
Amun is in the front
i-mn:n-m-HAt
Early reign
ZÄS , 92, plate 3
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:E1
Birth name variant
Amenemhat
imn-m-ḥꜢt
Amun is in the front
i-mn:n-m-HAt:t
Benihassan Tomb 2, Large Incription A
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), II, 124 b29
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:E2
Birth name variant
Amenemhat
imn-m-ḥꜢt
Amun is in the front
i-mn:n-m-HAt:a
Mariette, Karnak, plate 8d+e
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 82-83, 1:E3
The sources of antiquity
From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity
Author | Greek | Transliteration | Transcription | Reign |
Africanus xi, 1 |
Aμμενεμης |
Ammenemes |
Ammenemes |
|
Eusebius xi |
Aμμενεμης |
Ammenemes |
Ammenemes |
16 years |
Eratosthenes 32 |
Σταμμενεμης α |
Stammenemes I |
Stammenemes I |
26 years |
Bibliography
Beckerath, J. Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 (1999): 82–83
Baker. D. D. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I – Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC (London, 2008), 19–23
Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 17 (1907): 253–265
Leprohon, R. J. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Atlanta, 2013), 57–58