Ankhmakis

Ankhwennefer
Secessionist Pharaoh
Reign	199-185 BCE
Predecessor	Hugronaphor
Royal titulary
Father	Hugronaphor?
Died	185 BCE?

Ankhmakis (also known as Chaonnophris or Ankhwennefer^[1]) was the successor of Hugronaphor, a rebel ruler who controlled much of Upper Egypt during the reigns of Ptolemies IV and V. His rule lasted from approximately 199 to 185 BC.

Ankhmakis succeeded Hugronaphor as king of Upper Egypt in 199, or thereabouts, and managed to win back as much as 80% of the country. He held Lykopolis (modern Asyut) in 197 BC but was later forced to withdraw to Thebes. The war between North and South continued until 185 BC, when Ankhmakis was arrested by the Ptolemaic General Conanus.^[2] The Rosetta Stone was carved in a gesture of thanks to the priests for helping to defeat him.

Little is known about the details of his reign as most of records thereof were destroyed.

References

1. Günther Hölbl, History of the Ptolemaic Empire, Routledge, 2000, pp. 155ff.
2. Second Philae Decree

Bibliography

• Robert Steven Bianchi, Daily life of the Nubians, Greenwood Press, 2004, p. 224
• Joseph Mélèze Modrzejewski, The Jews of Egypt: From Rameses II to Emperor Hadrian, Princeton University Press 1997, p. 150
• Willy Clarysse (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), The Great Revolt of the Egyptians, Lecture held at the Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, University of California at Berkeley, on March 16, 2004, accessed 15 August 2006