Imhotep (pharaoh) explained
| Imhotep |
| Reign: | Unknown |
| Dynasty: | 9th Dynasty |
| Predecessor: | Unknown |
| Successor: | Unknown |
| Prenomen: | Imhotep
ı͗ı͗-m-ḥtp
"(the one who) comes in peace" |
| Prenomen Hiero: | M18-G17-R4:X1*Q3 |
| Children: | Djaty |
Imhotep (Ancient Egyptian: ı͗ı͗-m-ḥtp) was an ephemeral ruler that probably reigned in the 9th Dynasty.[1] However, he also may have ruled during the 10th Dynasty. Imhotep is only known from two rock inscriptions in the Wadi Hammamat.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [1]
Reign
The only event known from his reign in some detail, is a quarrying expedition to the Wadi Hammamat, perhaps to procure a monument for the king, led by his son Djaty.[1] [3] The large number of workmen (2350)[3] sent out on this expedition, shows that Imhotep may not have had control over the Wadi Hammamat.[1]
Another inscription from the Wadi Hammamat,[7] mentions some work done by the eldest son of Imhotep. This work was probably done as part of an expedition, since the inscription lists numbers of people in different types of occupations that took part.
References
- Book: Baker, Darrell . The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs. Predynastic to the Twentieth Century: 3300-1069 BC . Stacey International . 2008 . 978-1905299379 . 1 . 133.
- Book: Couyat, Jean . MIFAO 34 Les inscriptions hieroglyphiques et hieratiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât . Montet . Pierre. Pierre Montet. The French Institute of Oriental Archaeology . 1912 . 96, 103–104 pl. XXXIX.
- Book: Breasted, James. James Henry Breasted. Ancient Records of Egypt. . The University of Chicago Press . 1906 . 1 . 175.
- Book: Gauthier, Henri . MIFAO 17 Le livre des rois d'Egypte Des origines à la fin de la XIIe dynastie . The French Institute of Oriental Archeology . 1907 . 143–144.
- Book: Schenkel, Wolfgang . Memphis Herakleopolis Theben Die Epigraphischen Zeugnisse Der 7.-11. Dynastie Ägyptens . 1965 . Otto Harrassowitz . Wiesbaden . 27–28.
- Book: Lepsius, Karl . Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien . 1859 . 115h.
- Book: Couyat, Jean . MIFAO 34 Les inscriptions hieroglyphiques et hieratiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât . Montet . Pierre . The French Institute of Oriental Archeology . 1912 . 96.
