Ameni Qemau

Name of Ameni Qemau
Proper name	Ameniqemau Jmn yy qm3w

Ameniqemau , also Ameni Qemau , is the proper name of an ancient Egyptian king ( pharaoh ) of the early 13th Dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ).

supporting documents

So far he is only known for his pyramid . There are various proposals to equate him with rulers who are known from other monuments , such as B. with Se-hotep-ib-Re, who appears in the royal papyrus Turin and is said to have ruled for a year.

Tomb

→ Main article: Ameni Qemau pyramid

In 1957, Charles Arthur Musès discovered the remains of a pyramid from the 13th Dynasty with a base length of about 52 m in Dahshur - South . While the superstructure was largely destroyed due to stone robbery, the substructure has been preserved. The arrangement of the chambers is typical of the late 12th or early 13th dynasty.

In the monolithic stone sarcophagus there was a cavity for the mummy and the canopic jar. The sarcophagus had been broken open and contained only a few unidentifiable remains of bone. In their search for valuables, the grave robbers had left the canopic jugs smashed. Musès put them back together and found the name of the pharaoh on them: Ameni Qemau. It can be assumed that the king was buried in his pyramid, as there were corresponding traces. However, Muse's notes were stolen from his home in Cairo and the find was later published in detail .

literature

• Jürgen von Beckerath : Investigations into the political history of the second interim period in Egypt (= Egyptological research. Volume 23). Augustin, Glückstadt / New York 1964, pp. 41–42, 233, XIII. B.
• K .SB Ryholt : The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (= Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Volume 20). Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0 , pp. 214–15, 337 (File 13/5)
• Thomas Schneider : The Relative Chronology of the Middle Kingdom and the Hyksos Period (Dyns. 12-17). In: Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, David A. Warburton (eds.): Ancient Egyptian Chronology (= Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One. The Near and Middle East. Volume 83). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2006, ISBN 978-90-04-11385-5 , pp. 168-196 ( online ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nabil M. Swelim , Aidan Dodson: On the Pyramid of Ameny-Qemau and its Canopic Equipment. In: Communications from the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department. Volume 54, 1998, pp. 319-334.

predecessor	Office	successor
unsure	Pharaoh of Egypt early 13th Dynasty	unsure