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Amenemhatankh (his name means “Amenemhat Lives”) was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 12th dynasty, son of Amenemhat II.

Attestations

Amenhemhatankh is mentioned on a false door which was originally in his tomb but was found reused in the tomb of Khenemet and Siese in Dahshur. He is also mentioned on the base of a broken statue of his, found in Sakkara and now in Cairo, on which his appointing of a priest named Tetiemsaf is recorded. His name also appears on a statue of Horemsaf from Sakkara; on a statue base found in the Precinct of Mut in the Karnak temple, now located in Cairo and in the tomb inscriptions of the vizier Khnumhotep, Tomb 2 of Dahshur.[1]

Sources

  1. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.96
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