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Amenemhat I
Ammenemes I
Relief of Amenemhat I from his pyramid complex at El-Lisht
Pharaoh
Reign
29 years according to the Turin Canon but at least 30 years, in the 20th century BC.[1][a]
Predecessor
Mentuhotep IV
Successor
Senusret I
Royal titulary
Horus name
sḥtp–ỉb-tꜣwy Sehetep-ib-tawy The one who has propitiated the mind of the Two Lands[11][12]
wḥm-mswt Wehem-mesut The one who has repeated births[13][12]
Nebty name
sḥtp–ỉb-tꜣwy Sehetep-ib-tawy The one who has propitiated the mind of the Two Lands[11][12]
wḥm-mswt Wehem-mesut The one who has repeated births[13][12]
Golden Horus
smꜣ Sema The uniter[11][12]
wḥm-mswt Wehem-mesut The one who has repeated births[13][12]
Prenomen (Praenomen)
sḥtp–ỉb–rꜥ Sehetep-ib-re The one who has propitiated the mind of Re[11][12]
Nomen
ỉmn-m-ḥꜣt Imen-em-hat Amun is at the forefront[11][12]
Consort
Neferitatjenen
Children
Senusret I, Neferu III, Neferusherit, Kayet
Father
Senusret
Mother
Neferet
Burial
Pyramid at el-Lisht
Dynasty
Twelfth Dynasty
Amenemhat I (Ancient Egyptian: Ỉmn-m-ḥꜣt meaning 'Amun is at the forefront'), also known as Amenemhet I, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the first king of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom.
Amenemhat I was probably the same as the vizier named Amenemhat who led an expedition to Wadi Hammamat under his predecessor Mentuhotep IV, and possibly overthrew him from power.[14] Scholars differ as to whether Mentuhotep IV was killed by Amenemhat I, but there is no independent evidence to suggest this and there may even have been a period of co-regency between their reigns.[15]
Amenemhat I was not of royal lineage, born to Senusret and Nefert who were possibly related to the nomarchial family of Elephantine.[16] The composition of some literary works (the Prophecy of Neferti,[17] the Instructions of Amenemhat[18]) and, in architecture, the reversion to the pyramid-style complexes of the 6th dynasty rulers are often considered to have been attempts at legitimizing his rule. Texts from the period mention his mother being from the Upper Egyptian nome Ta-Seti. Many scholars in recent years have argued that Amenemhat I's mother was of Nubian origin.[19][20][21]
Amenemhat I moved the capital from Thebes to Itjtawy and was buried in el-Lisht. He may have been assassinated.
^Schneider 2006, p. 174.
^Dodson & Hilton 2004, p. 288.
^Grimal 1992, p. 391.
^Clayton 1994, p. 78.
^Franke 2001, p. 68.
^Lehner 2008, p. 8.
^Shaw 2003, p. 483.
^Oppenheim et al. 2015, p. xix.
^Krauss & Warburton 2006, p. 491.
^Grajetzki 2006, p. 28.
^ abcdeLeprohon 2013, p. 57.
^ abcdefghvon Beckerath 1984, p. 197.
^ abcLeprohon 2013, p. 58.
^Stiebing, William H. (2016) [2009]. Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture (2nd ed.). London; New York: Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-321-42297-2. OCLC 1004426779. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^E. Hornung, History of Ancient Egypt, 1999 p.50
^"Amenemhat I Sehetibre | Ancient Egypt Online". Retrieved 2020-10-13.
^M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 1973 p.139
^M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 1973 p.135
^General History of Africa Volume II - Ancient civilizations of Africa (ed. G Moktar). UNESCO. p. 152.
^Lobban, Richard A. Jr. (10 April 2021). Historical Dictionary of Ancient Nubia. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538133392.
^Van de Mieroop, Marc (2021). A history of ancient Egypt (Second ed.). Chichester, West Sussex. p. 99. ISBN 978-1119620877.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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