Pharaoh.SEPHARAOH.SE

Amasis

The sixth pharaoh of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
Prenomen: Khnumibra
Also known as: Ahmose II · Ahmose III
Accession 570 BC
End of reign 526 BC
Duration 44 years

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

smn-mAat
Semen Maat
smn-mꜢꜤt
"The one who has established Maat"
Daressy, Stèle de l'an III d'Amasis, REC 22 (1900): 2
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:H1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 274p
smn-mAat
A
Semen Maat
smn-mꜢꜤt
"The one who has established Maat"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:H2·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 274o
smn-mAat
B
Semen Maat
smn-mꜢꜤt
"The one who has established Maat"
Offering table from Abydos
Petrie, Abydos, I, plate 69 (2)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:H3
Semen Maat
C
Semen Maat
0
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:H4
smn-mAat
D
Semen Maat
smn-mꜢꜤt
"The one who has established Maat"
First year donation stele of Amosis, Louvre C 298
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:H5
zA-nt spd-tAwy
Sa Neith seped tawy
zꜢ-nt spd-tꜢwy
"The son of Neith, who has restored the Two Lands"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:N1
zA-nt spd-tAwy
A
Sa Neith seped tawy
zꜢ-nt spd-tꜢwy
"The son of Neith, who has restored the Two Lands"
Daressy, Stèle de l'an III d'Amasis, REC 22 (1900): 2
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:N2
zA-nt spd-tAwy
B
Sa Neith seped tawy
zꜢ-nt spd-tꜢwy
"The son of Neith, who has restored the Two Lands"
Petrie, Abydos, I, plate 69 (2)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:N3
zA-nt spd-tAwy
C
Sa Neith seped tawy
zꜢ-nt spd-tꜢwy
"The son of Neith, who has restored the Two Lands"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:N4
zA-nt spd-tAwy
D
Sa Neith seped tawy
zꜢ-nt spd-tꜢwy
"The son of Neith, who has restored the Two Lands"
First year donation stele of Amosis, Louvre C 298
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:N5
stp-nTrw
Setep netjeru
stp-nṯrw
"Divinely chosen"
Petrie, Abydos, I, plate 69 (2)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:G1
stp-nTrw
A
Setep netjeru
stp-nṯrw
"Divinely chosen"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:G2
stp-nTrw
B
Setep netjeru
stp-nṯrw
"Divinely chosen"
First year donation stele of Amosis, Louvre C 298
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:218-219, 5:G3
stp-nTrw
C
Setep netjeru
stp-nṯrw
"Divinely chosen"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:216-217, 5:G4
xnm-jb-ra
Khnum ib Ra
ḫnm-ꞽb-rꜤ
"The one who is associated with the mind of Ra"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:218-219, 5:T1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 274o
Xnm-jb-ra
A
Khnum ib Ra
ẖnm-ꞽb-rꜤ
"The one who is associated with the mind of Ra"
Petrie, Abydos, I, plate 69 (2)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:218-219, 5:T2
xnm-jb-ra
B
Khnum ib Ra
ḫnm-ꞽb-rꜤ
"The one who is associated with the mind of Ra"
Daressy, Stèle de l'an III d'Amasis, REC 22 (1900): 2
iaH-ms(.w)
Iah mesu
iꜤḥ-ms(.w)
"Ahmose (Iah is born)"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:218-219, 5:E1
iaH-ms(.w)
A
Iah mesu
iꜤḥ-ms(.w)
"Ahmose"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:218-219, 5:E2
iaH-ms(.w) zA-nt
B
Iah mesu sa Neith
iꜤḥ-ms(.w) zꜢ-nt
"Ahmose, son of Neith"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:218-219, 5:E3
iaH-ms(.w) zA-nt
C
Iah mesu sa Neith
iꜤḥ-ms(.w) zꜢ-nt
"Ahmose, son of Neith"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:218-219, 5:E4
iaH-ms(.w) zA-nt
D
Iah mesu sa Neith
iꜤḥ-ms(.w) zꜢ-nt
"Ahmose, son of Neith"
Petrie, Abydos, I, plate 69 (2)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:218-219, 5:E5

Sources of antiquity

Author Greek Transcription Reign
Africanus  xxvi, 8 Aμωσις Amosis 44 years
Eusebius  xxvi, 9 Aμωσις Amosis 42 years
Jerome Amasis 42 years
Herodotus  172 Aμασις Amasis –
Diodorus  1.68.3 Aμασις Amasis 55 years

References