Isu (Pharaoh)

Isu was an ancient Egyptian king ( pharaoh ) of the 8th Dynasty ( First Intermediate Period ).

Only from a graffito of a Prince Isuuanch from the 8th dynasty with the wording “Isu is alive.” It is possible with some probability that the reign of Isu must be assigned to this age.

literature

Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300-1069 BC). Bannerstone Press, Oakville 2008, ISBN 978-0977409440 , p. 157.
Jürgen von Beckerath : Handbook of the Egyptian king names . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich-Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-422-00832-2 .
Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronology of the pharaonic Egypt. von Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-2310-7 .
Hratch Papazian : The State of Egypt in the Eighth Dynasty. In: Peter Der Manuelian , Thomas Schneider (Eds.): Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom. Perspectives on the Pyramid Age (= Harvard Egyptological Studies. Volume 1). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2015, ISBN 978-90-04-30188-7 , pp. 393-428.
Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs . Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 .
Arthur Edward Pearse Weigall : Upper Egyptian notes. In: Annales du Service des Antiquités de l´EgyptLe Caire. Vol. 9, 1908, p. 110.

Individual evidence

^ Alan H. Gardiner : The Royal Canon of Turin. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3 , illustration 2; The presentation of the entry in the Turin papyrus, which differs from the usual syntax for hieroboxes, is based on the fact that open cartridges were used in the hieratic . The alternating time-missing-time presence of certain name elements is due to material damage in the papyrus.

predecessor	Office	successor
unsure	Pharaoh of Egypt 8th Dynasty	unsure

personal data
SURNAME	Isu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian king of the 8th dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr.

[1] Alan H. Gardiner : The Royal Canon of Turin. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3 , illustration 2; The presentation of the entry in the Turin papyrus, which differs from the usual syntax for hieroboxes, is based on the fact that open cartridges were used in the hieratic . The alternating time-missing-time presence of certain name elements is due to material damage in the papyrus.