Mentuhotep III.

Name of Mentuhotep III.
Statue of Mentuhoteps III; Museum of Fine Arts , Boston
Horus name	Seanch-taui Sˁnḫ-t3wj-fj Who lets his two countries live
Sideline	Seanch-taui Sˁnḫ-t3wj-fj Who lets his two countries live
Gold name	Bik-nebu-hetep Bjk-nbw-ḥtp Mighty golden hawk
Throne name	Seanch-ka-Re Sˁnḫ; -k3-Rˁ Who lives through the Ka des Re Senefer-ka-Re S.nfr-k3-Rˁ Den the Ka des Re makes perfect
Proper name	Mentuhotep Mnṯ.w htp [w] Month is satisfied
Royal Papyrus Turin (No.V./17.)	Seanch ...
List of Kings of Abydos (Seti I) (No.58)	Seanch-ka-Re Sˁnḫ-k3-Rˁ Who lives through the Ka des Re

Mentuhotep III. was the sixth ancient Egyptian king ( Pharaoh ) of the 11th dynasty ( Middle Kingdom ) and initially ruled from 2013 to 2010 BC. As co-regent of his father, before he was from 2010 to 2001 BC. Chr. Continued his rule alone. In the Turin King List twelve years of government are occupied.

origin

Mentuhotep III. was the son of his predecessor Mentuhotep II and his wife Tem . A wife of Mentuhotep III. cannot yet be identified with certainty.

supporting documents

He is primarily known from his numerous temples in Upper Egypt , of which mostly only individual reliefs have survived. He also appears in the Saqqara Tablet and in the two lists in Abydos , the list of kings Seti I and the list of kings Ramses II. He is not in the Karnak King List out.

In 1904 the remains of a temple were discovered on a mountain in Thebes- West, which was dedicated to the god Horus and dates back to the time of Mentuhotep III. dated. It measures 21 x 24 m and contained three chapels. The pylon remains in front of the temple are the oldest verifiable pylons in Egypt .

The ruler's vizier was probably Dagi , whose career began under Mentuhotep II. Treasurer continued to be Meketre and (chief) asset manager was Henenu , who led an expedition to Punt for the ruler.

literature

General

• 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 , pp. 227-229.
• Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , pp. 157-158.
• Peter A. Clayton: The Pharaohs. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-8289-0661-3 , pp. 76-77.

About the name

• Jacques Jean Clére and Jacques Vandier: Texts de la Lére Période Inter-mediaire et de la XIte dynastie. Bruxelles 1948, Volume X, p. 34.
• Jules Couyat and Piere Montet: Les inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât. 1912, no.114.
• King's table Thutmose III. in Karnak, No. 13.
• Jürgen von Beckerath : Handbook of the Egyptian king names. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-422-00832-2 , pp. 64, 195.

Questions of detail

• Karl-Joachim Seyfried: Contributions to the expeditions of the Middle Kingdom in the eastern desert. In: Hildesheimer Egyptological contributions 1, 1981.
• Louise Gerstermann: Continuity and Change in Politics and Administration of the Early Middle Kingdom in Egypt. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-447-02728-2 .
• Louise Bradbury: Reflections on Traveling to 'God's Land' and Punt in the Middle Kingdom. In: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 25, 1988, pp. 127-156.
• Claude Vandersleyen: Chronique d'Egypte. 1989, pp. 148-158.
• Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronology of the pharaonic Egypt. Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-2310-7 , pp. 27, 56, 139-140, 142, 188.

Web links

Commons : Mentuhotep III.  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alan H. Gardiner : The Royal Canon of Turin. Griffith Institute, Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3 , illustration 2.
2. ↑ Annual figures based on Wolfgang Helck .
3. ^ Gyözö Vörös: Temple on the Pyramid of Thebes. Budapest 1998, ISBN 963-7673-24-5

predecessor	Office	successor
Mentuhotep II.	King of Egypt 11th Dynasty	Mentuhotep IV.