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Ammu Aahotepre

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'Ammu Aahotepre was a pharaoh of the 14th Dynasty who ruled over parts of Lower Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.[5][2]

Attestations

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This king is poorly attested, see Ryholt 1997:364-365 File 14:4. Like other kings of the dynasty, scarab seals are the only surviving evidence for his reign.

Scarab seals

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'Ammu Aahotepre has 61 seals bearing his name: 30 for the nomen 'Ammu and 32 for the prenomen Aahotepre.[6] The theory that 'Ammu and Aahotepre refer to the same ruler is not certain.

At Tell el-Ajjul, a scarab bearing the nomen of this king was discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1933.[7]

Prenomen Aahotepre

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Scarab seals from 1x Lachish,[8] 2x Tell el-Ajjul,[9] 1x Canaan (?),[10] 1x Delta (?),[11] 27x Provenance Unknown.[12]

Nomen 'Ammu

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Scarab seals from 2x Tell el-Ajjul,[13] 1x Abydos,[14] 1x Semna,[15] 26x Provenance Unknown.[16]

Theories

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His reign is believed to have lasted about 15 years, from 1760 BC until 1745 BC.[6]

Identification

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Ryholt (1997) identified king 'Ammu with Aahotepre in his reconstruction of the Turin canon.[2] Von Beckerath (1964) had previously assigned the prenomen Aahotepre to a pharaoh of the Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ryholt 1997
  2. ^ a b c d Ryholt 1997: 50
  3. ^ Aahotepre on Eglyphica.de
  4. ^ Petrie, Flinders (2014-01-25), English: Scarab of Aammu, whom Ryholt identifies with Aahotepre, possibly 14th dynasty or otherwise a vassal of the 15th dynasty. Drawing by Flinders Petrie 1897., retrieved 2023-01-13
  5. ^ Hayes 1973: 64
  6. ^ a b Ryholt, K. S. B.; Bülow-Jacobsen, Adam (1997). The Political Situation in Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, C. 1800-1550 B.C. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-87-7289-421-8.
  7. ^ Flinders, Petrie (1933). Ancient Gaza Chapter III: Scarabs Tell El Ajjul (London, 1933).
  8. ^ London Institute of Archaelogy
  9. ^ Pr. Loc. Unknown; Israel Museum 35.3941
  10. ^ bought around Jerusalem, Kloetzli Collection
  11. ^ BM EA 42397
  12. ^ Ryholt 1997:365
  13. ^ BM L 904, London Institute of Archaelogy E.XII 66/2
  14. ^ Cairo JE 22157/CG 36040
  15. ^ BMFA 24.1508
  16. ^ Ryholt 1997:365
  17. ^ Ryholt 1997: 324 n. 1116

Bibliography

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