Amenmesse

Amenmesse (also Amenmesses or Amenmeses) was the fifth pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt, possibly the son of Merneptah and Queen Takhat. Others consider him to be one of the innumerable sons of Ramesses II. Very little is known about this pharaoh, who ruled Egypt for only three to four years. Various Egyptologists date his reign between 1202 BC–1199 BC[4] or 1203 BC–1200 BC[5] with others giving an accession date of 1200 BC.[6] Amenmesse means "born of or fashioned by Amun" in Egyptian. Additionally, his nomen can be found with the epithet Heqa-waset, which means "Ruler of Thebes".[7] His royal name was Menmire Setepenre.

  1. ^ Amenmesse
  2. ^ Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994. p.158
  3. ^ [1] KV-10 The Tomb of Amenmesse
  4. ^ Edward Wente and Charles Van Siclen III, "A Chronology of the New Kingdom," 218
  5. ^ Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge, 1999
  6. ^ Vandersleyen, ĽÈgypte et la Vallée du Nil, vol 2: 575
  7. ^ K. A. Kitchen, "The Titularies of the Ramesside Kings as Expression of Their Ideal Kingship," ASAE 71 (1987): 134-35.