Amenemhatankh (his name means “Amenemhat

lives Lives may refer to: * The plural form of a ''life'' * Lives, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * The number of lives in a video game * '' Parallel Lives'', aka ''Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans'', a series of biographies of famous m ...

”) was an ancient Egyptian prince of the

12th Dynasty The Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty XII) is considered to be the apex of the Middle Kingdom by Egyptologists. It often is combined with the Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth dynasties under the group title, Middle Kingdom. Some s ...

, son of

Amenemhat II Nubkaure Amenemhat II, also known as Amenemhet II, was the third pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Although he ruled for at least 35 years, his reign is rather obscure, as well as his family relationships. Family Archaeological fi ...

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 Siese ( egy, zꜣ-ꜣst "son of Isis", Egyptological pronunciation: Zaaset) was a vizier and treasurer of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He was most likely in office under Senusret III (about 1878 to 1839 BCE). Career From objects it is possible t ...

Dahshur DahshurAlso transliterated ''Dahshour'' (in English often called ''Dashur'' ar, دهشور ' , ''Dahchur'') is a royal necropolis located in the desert on the west bank of the Nile approximately south of Cairo. It is known chiefly for several p ...

. He is also mentioned on the base of a broken statue of him, found in

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and now in the

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, on which his appointing of a priest named Tetiemsaf is recorded. His name also appears on a statue of Horemsaf from Saqqara; on a statue base found in the

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in the Karnak temple, now located in Cairo and in the tomb inscriptions of the

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Khnumhotep Khnumhotep (alt. Khnumhotpe, Khnemhotpe) is an ancient Egyptian personal theophoric name which may refer to: *Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, Khnumhotep, an ''Overseer of the Manicurists'' under pharaoh Nyuserre (5th Dynasty), famous for his tomb shar ...

, Tomb 2 at Dahshur., p.96

Sources

{{reflist Princes of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt