| Imhotep | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Drawing of pharaoh Imhotep's cartouche, from a rock inscription in the Wadi Hammamat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | Djaty | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 9th 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]
Reign
[edit]The only event known from his reign in some detail, is a quarrying expedition to the Wadi Hammamat, perhaps to procure a monument for the king, led by his son Djaty.[1][3] The large number of workmen (2350)[3] sent out on this expedition, shows that Imhotep may not have had control over the Wadi Hammamat.[1]
Another inscription from the Wadi Hammamat,[7] mentions some work done by the eldest son of Imhotep.[5] This work was probably done as part of an expedition, since the inscription lists numbers of people in different types of occupations that took part.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Breasted, James (1906). Ancient Records of Egypt (PDF). Vol. 1. The University of Chicago Press. p. 175.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Schenkel, Wolfgang (1965). Memphis Herakleopolis Theben Die Epigraphischen Zeugnisse Der 7.-11. Dynastie Ägyptens. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 27–28.
- ^ Lepsius, Karl (1859). Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. pp. 115h.
- ^ Couyat, Jean; Montet, Pierre (1912). MIFAO 34 Les inscriptions hieroglyphiques et hieratiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât (PDF). The French Institute of Oriental Archeology. p. 96.