Ammu Aahotepre Explained

'Ammu Aahotepre
Reign:	c. 15 years, 1760 BC-1745 BC
Predecessor:	Qareh Khawoserre
Successor:	Sheshi Maaibre
Prenomen:	Aahotepre^[1] ˁ3-ḥtp-Rˁ Ra is greatly pleased N5:aA-a:Htp
Nomen:	'Ammu (plus epithet) Son of Ra, perfect 'Ammu, given life G39-N5-F35-D36-N35A-X8-S34

'Ammu Aahotepre was a pharaoh of the 14th Dynasty who ruled over parts of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.^{[2] [3]} His reign is believed to have lasted about 15 years, from 1760 BC until 1745 BC.^[4]

Attestations

Like other kings of the dynasty, scarab seals are the only surviving evidence for his reign. 'Ammu Aahotepre has 61 seals bearing his name: 30 for the nomen 'Ammu and 31 for the prenomen Aahotepre.

A scarab bearing the nomen of this king was discovered in Tell el-Ajjul, Gaza Strip and catalogued by Flinders Petrie in 1933.^[5]

Identification

Ryholt (1997) identified king 'Ammu with Aahotepre in his reconstruction of the Turin canon. Von Beckerath (1964) had previously assigned the prenomen Aahotepre to a pharaoh of the Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt.^[6]

See also

• Aamu

Bibliography

• • Book: Hayes, William C. . Egypt: From the death of Ammenemes III to Seqenenre II . 1973 . The Cambridge Ancient History . 2 . Cambridge . Cambridge University Press . .

Notes and References

1. http://www.eglyphica.de/egpharaonen/inhalt/inhalt.html Aahotepre on Eglyphica.de
2. Hayes 1973: 64
3. Ryholt 1997: 50
4. Book: Ryholt . K. S. B. . The Political Situation in Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, C. 1800-1550 B.C. . Bülow-Jacobsen . Adam . 1997 . Museum Tusculanum Press . 978-87-7289-421-8 . 199 . en.
5. Book: Flinders, Petrie . Ancient Gaza Chapter III: Scarabs Tell El Ajjul (London, 1933) . 1933 .
6. Ryholt 1997: 324 n. 1116