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Mentuhotep I

The first pharaoh of the Eleventh Dynasty
Also known as: Mentuhotep-aa
Mentuhotep I is likely present on the Karnak king list, with both his Horus and Birth names, though both are damaged. He was most likely considered the founder of the eleventh dynasty and given the pharaonic title posthumously. His throne name is unknown, and he likely didn't have one as there are no archeological evidence he actually ruled as king.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

tp-ja
Tepia
tp-ꞽꜤ
"The ancestor"
Prisse, Monuments Égyptiens, plate I, 13 (Karnak King-list 12)
URK IV, 608 (II.4)
mn..
Men..
mn..
The Horus name (above) is visible before the cartouche.
URK IV, 608 (II.4)
Karnak Canon12
jt-nTrw mnTw-Htp(w) aA-mrjj-sTt-nbt-Abw
It netjeru Mentuhotep aa mery Satet nebet Abu
ꞽt-nṯrw mnṯw-ḥtp(w) ꜤꜢ-mrꞽꞽ-sṯt-nbt-Ꜣbw
"The God's father Mentuhotep the great, beloved of Satet, lady of Elephantine"
ASAE, 55, 178
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:76-77, 1:E1

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