Mentuhotep I

Mentuhotep I[1]
Montuhotep I, Mentuhotep-aa
Sitting statue of Mentuhotep I from Elephantine, now in Cairo
Sitting statue of Mentuhotep I from Elephantine, now in Cairo
Pharaoh
Reignc. 2135 BC
PredecessorIntef the Elder
SuccessorIntef I
Royal titulary
Horus name
Hor Tepia
Ḥr.(w)-tp [j] ˁ
Horus the ancestor
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Nomen
Mentuhotepaa
mnṯw-ḥtp(w)ˁ3
Mentuhotep the great (litt. Montu is content, the great)[2]
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Alternative form: Itnetjeru Mentuhotepaa Merysatetnebetabu
It-nṯrw mnṯw-ḥtp(w)ˁ3 mry sṯt nbt Abw
Father of the gods, Mentuhotep the great, beloved of Satet, lady of Abu
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ConsortQueen Neferu I
ChildrenIntef I ? Intef II ?
Fatherpossibly Intef the Elder
Dynasty11th dynasty

Mentuhotep I (also Mentuhotep-aa, i.e. "the Great"[3]) may have been a Theban nomarch and independent ruler of Upper Egypt during the early First Intermediate Period. Alternatively, Mentuhotep I may be a fictional figure created during the later Eleventh Dynasty, which rose to prominence under Intef II and Mentuhotep II, playing the role of a founding father.

  1. ^ Annales du Service des Antiquités de l´Egypt Le Caire. Nr. 55, 1900, p. 178.
  2. ^ Clayton, Peter A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p72. 2006. ISBN 0-500-28628-0
  3. ^ Wolfram Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt: History, Archaeology and Society, Duckworth Egyptology, London 2006, ISBN 978-0715634356, pp. 10–11