Imhotep
Drawing of pharaoh Imhotep's cartouche, from a rock inscription in the Wadi Hammamat.
Drawing of pharaoh Imhotep's cartouche, from a rock inscription in the Wadi Hammamat.
Pharaoh
ReignUnknown
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorUnknown
Royal titulary
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Imhotep
ı͗ı͗-m-ḥtp
"(the one who) comes in peace"
M23L2
M18G17R4
X1 Q3
ChildrenDjaty
Dynasty9th 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]

Reign

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.[7][8] The large number of workmen (2350)[9] sent out on this expedition, shows that Imhotep may not have had control over the Wadi Hammamat.[10]

Another inscription from the Wadi Hammamat,[11] 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]

Attestations

Imhotep is known from two rock inscriptions in the Wadi Hammamat.[6][12][4][13][14]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Breasted, James (1906). Ancient Records of Egypt (PDF). Vol. 1. The University of Chicago Press. p. 175.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ a b c Schenkel, Wolfgang (1965). Memphis Herakleopolis Theben Die Epigraphischen Zeugnisse Der 7.-11. Dynastie Ägyptens. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. pp. 27–28.
  6. ^ a b Lepsius, Karl (1859). Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. pp. 115h.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Breasted, James (1906). Ancient Records of Egypt (PDF). Vol. 1. The University of Chicago Press. p. 175.
  9. ^ Breasted, James (1906). Ancient Records of Egypt (PDF). Vol. 1. The University of Chicago Press. p. 175.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Couyat, Jean; Montet, Pierre (1912). MIFAO 34 Les inscriptions hieroglyphiques et hieratiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât (PDF). The French Institute of Oriental Archeology. p. 96.
  12. ^ Breasted, James (1906). Ancient Records of Egypt (PDF). Vol. 1. The University of Chicago Press. p. 175.
  13. ^ Couyat, Jean; Montet, Pierre (1912). MIFAO 34 Les inscriptions hieroglyphiques et hieratiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât (PDF). The French Institute of Oriental Archeology. pp. 103–104 pl. XXXIX.
  14. ^ 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.
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