Chamudi

Name of Chamudi
Proper name	Chamudi Ḫ (3) mwdj
Turin Royal Papyrus	Chamudi Ḫ3mwdj
Greek with  Manetho  (Josephus) with  Manetho  (Africanus)	Assis Archles

As the ancient Egyptian king ( pharaoh ) of the Hyksos period, Chamudi was the last ruler of the 15th dynasty and ruled from around 1549 BC. Until around 1539/35 BC (After Franke: 1534–1522 BC).

Other names

• Chamudi ( proper name , common reading) ( Royal Papyrus Turin 11.6)
• Chalmudi (proper name, probably correct reading)
• Assis (name after Manetho Josephus)
• Archles (name after Manetho Africanus)

supporting documents

The ruler's name is only known from the Turin royal papyrus. So far there are no contemporary objects that can be attributed to him. Manetho appears as the last (after Eusebius) or penultimate ruler of the Hyksos a certain Archles, who is possibly identical with Chamudi. However, this equation is not certain. Kim Ryholt assigns Chamudi the throne name Hetepibre, which is only attested on scarabs. According to Manetho, Archles is said to have ruled for 49 or 30 years. Wolfgang Helck and Jürgen von Beckerath give Chamudi almost 10 years of reign. According to a note on the mathematical papyrus Rhind , Sile and Heliopolis are conquered by Ahmose , the Theban ruler , in the year 11 . It is uncertain whether the given year refers to Chamudi or Ahmose.

The discovery of a lance tip, which got from Auaris to Thebes as booty, is significant for the chronological dating : an inscription allows the equation of the years 11/12 of Chamudi with the year 18/19 of Ahmose.

literature

• Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300-1069 BC). Bannerstone Press, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-905299-37-9 , pp. 174-175.
• Jürgen von Beckerath : Investigations into the political history of the second intermediate period in Egypt. Glückstadt 1964, pp. 131-33, 276.
• KSB 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. 121, 129, 387-388, file 15/6.
• Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 , pp. 97-98.
• 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 [accessed October 24, 2014]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flinders Petrie : Scarabs and Cylinders with Names ( Memento of November 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Plate 19.
2. ^ K. 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 , p. 387.

predecessor	Office	successor
Apopi I.	Pharaoh of Egypt 15th Dynasty (late)	Ahmose I.