Amenhotep I
Also known as: Amenophis I |
Dynasty XVIII |
Despite his nebty name "He who inspires great fear," Amenhotep I seems to have enjoyed a peaceful and prosperous reign. He embarked on a number of building projects, but most were later dismantled by his successors and used as filling for their own projects. In anticipation of celebrating his Sed festival after at the usual 30 year of reign, he had structures built at Karnak, but was not to be used or completed.
Reign of Amenhotep I |
AE Chronology | 1514–1494 |
von Beckerath | 1525–1504 |
Shaw | 1525–1504 |
Dodson | 1524–1503 |
Malek | 1525–1504 |
Arnold | 1525–1504 |
Grimal | 1526–1506 |
Redford | 1545–1525 |
Manetho (Josephus) | 20y 7m |
Manetho (Africanus) | 24 years |
Manetho (Eusebius) | 21 years |
Manetho (Jerome) | 21 years |
Highest attestation | Year 21 |
The Royal Titulary
From the hieroglyphic records
Horus name
Kau waf tau
kꜢ-wꜤf-tꜢw
Bull who subdues the lands
E1-w-a:f-N17:N17:N17
Limestone statue, British Museum, EA 683
Naville, The XIth dynasty temple at Deir el-Bahari, I, p.60
Doorway to the Chapel of Amenhotep I (Karnak Open Air Museum)
Legrain, Second rapport sur les travaux exécutés à Karnak, ASAE 4 (1903): 15
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 132-133, 2:H1
Horus name variant
Waf tawy
wꜤf-tꜢwi
He who subdues the lands
w-a:f-N16:N16:N16
Clepsydra incription (now lost) from Theban Tomb C2
Borchardt, Geschichte der altägyptischen Zeitmesser, plate 18 (5)
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 132-133, 2:H2
Nebty name
Aa neru
ꜤꜢ-nrw
He who inspires great fear
aA:n:r-H4-w
Legrain, Second rapport sur les travaux exécutés à Karnak, ASAE 4 (1903): 15
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 132-133, 2:N
Nebty name variant
ꜤꜢ-nrw
He who inspires great fear
aA:H4*Z2
Doorway to the Chapel of Amenhotep I (Karnak Open Air Museum)
Golden Horus name
Wah renput
wꜢḥ-rnpwt
Enduring of years
V29-M4-M4-M4
Gauthier, Livre des Rois d'Égypte, II, 200 (XIV)
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 132-133, 2:G
Golden Horus name variant
Wah renput
wꜢḥ-rnp
Enduring of years
V29-M4
Doorway to the Chapel of Amenhotep I (Karnak Open Air Museum)
Throne name
Djoser ka Ra
ḏsr-kꜢ-rꜤ
Holy is the soul of Ra
ra-Dsr-kA
Abydos king list 67
Saqqara king list 11
Legrain, Second rapport sur les travaux exécutés à Karnak, ASAE 4 (1903): 15
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 132-133, 2:T1
Throne name variant
Djoser ka Ra
ḏsr-kꜢ-rꜤ
Holy is the soul of Ra
N5-D45-D28-Z1
Ebers, Papyros Ebers I, p. 37
Urkunden des Ägyptische Alterthums, IV, 44:5
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 132-133, 2:T2
Throne name variant
Djoser ka Ra
ḏsr-kꜢ-rꜤ
Holy is the soul of Ra
ra-D45:r-kA
Clepsydra inscription, Theban Tomb C2. Fragment Berlin ÄM 14470
Borchardt, Geschichte der altägyptischen Zeitmesser, 60-63, Pl. 18
Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography, I, 457
Birth name
Amenhotep
imn-ḥtp
Amun is satisfied
i-mn:n-Htp:t*p
Legrain, Second rapport sur les travaux exécutés à Karnak, ASAE 4 (1903): 16
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 132-133, 2:E1
Birth name variant
Amenhotep*
imn-ḥtpw
Amun is satisfied
i-mn:n-Htp:t*p-W-G7
Ostracon CG 25234
Cerny, BIFAO 27. 183–184
Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions, VI, 370
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 132-133, 2:E3
Birth name variant
Amenhotep heqa Waset
imn-ḥtp ḥḳꜢ-wꜢst
Amun is satisfied, ruler of Thebes
i-mn:n:Htp-HqA-R19
Spielberg, Die ägyptische Sammlung des Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum im Haag, plate 2a
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 132-133, 2:E2
Throne + Birth name
Djoser ka Ra Amenhotep
ḏsr-kꜢ-rꜤ imn-ḥtp
Holy is the soul of Ra, Amun is satisfied
ra:D45-kA-i-mn:n:Htp
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), III, 4 c+d
The sources of antiquity
From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity
Author | Greek | Transliteration | Transcription | Reign |
Africanus xviii, 3 |
Αμενωφθις |
Amenophthis |
Amenophthis |
24 years |
Eusebius xviii, 3 |
Aμμενωφίς |
Ammenophis |
Ammenophis |
21 years |
Jerome |
|
|
Amenophis |
21 years |
Josephus 95 |
Aμενωφις |
Amenophis |
Amenophis |
20 years, 7 months |
Bibliography
Beckerath, J. Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 (1999): 132–133
Baker. D. D. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I – Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC (London, 2008), 36–39
Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 18 (1912): 197–212
Leprohon, R. J. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Atlanta, 2013), 96