Imhotep (pharaoh)

Imhotep
Drawing of pharaoh Imhotep's cartouche, from a rock inscription in the Wadi Hammamat.
Drawing of pharaoh Imhotep's cartouche, from a rock inscription in the Wadi Hammamat.
Pharaoh
ReignUnknown
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorUnknown
Royal titulary
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Imhotep
ı͗ı͗-m-ḥtp
"(the one who) comes in peace"
M23L2
M18G17R4
X1 Q3
ChildrenDjaty
Dynasty9th Dynasty

Imhotep (Ancient Egyptian: ı͗ı͗-m-ḥtp) was an ephemeral ruler that probably reigned in the 9th Dynasty.[1] However, he also may have ruled during the 10th Dynasty. Imhotep is only known from two rock inscriptions in the Wadi Hammamat.[2][3][4][5][6][1]

  1. ^ a b Baker, Darrell (2008). The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs. Predynastic to the Twentieth Century: 3300-1069 BC. Vol. 1. Stacey International. p. 133. ISBN 978-1905299379.
  2. ^ Couyat, Jean; Montet, Pierre (1912). MIFAO 34 Les inscriptions hieroglyphiques et hieratiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât (PDF). The French Institute of Oriental Archaeology. pp. 96, 103–104 pl. XXXIX.
  3. ^ Breasted, James (1906). Ancient Records of Egypt (PDF). Vol. 1. The University of Chicago Press. p. 175.
  4. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1907). MIFAO 17 Le livre des rois d'Egypte Des origines à la fin de la XIIe dynastie. The French Institute of Oriental Archeology. pp. 143–144.
  5. ^ Schenkel, Wolfgang (1965). Memphis Herakleopolis Theben Die Epigraphischen Zeugnisse Der 7.-11. Dynastie Ägyptens. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 27–28.
  6. ^ Lepsius, Karl (1859). Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. pp. 115h.