PHARAOH.SE
The second pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty
Prenomen: Djoserkara
Also known as: Amenophis I
Accession 1541 BC
End of reign 1520 BC
Duration 21 years
Highest attested year Year 21
Despite his nebty name “He who inspires great fear,” Amenhotep I seems to have enjoyed a peaceful and prosperous reign. He embarked on a number of building projects, but most were later dismantled by his successors and used as filling for their own projects. In anticipation of celebrating his Sed festival after at the usual 30 year of reign, he had structures built at Karnak, but was not to be used or completed.
Titulary & Hieroglyphs
Sources of antiquity
| Author | Greek | Transcription | Reign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africanus xviii, 3 | Αμενωφθις | Amenophthis | 24 years |
| Eusebius xviii, 3 | Aμμενωφίς | Ammenophis | 21 years |
| Jerome | Amenophis | 21 years | |
| Josephus 95 | Aμενωφις | Amenophis | 20 years, 7 months |
References
- Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 18 (1912): pp. 197–212
- Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2 ed., MÄS 49 (1999): pp. 132–133
- Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. pp. 96
- Baker. D. D., 2008. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I. pp. 36–39