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Nemtiemsaf I

The fourth pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty
Prenomen: Meryenra
Also known as: Nemtyemsaf I · Merenre I
In older literature Nemtiemsaf was known as Antiemsaf, but this has been proven to be incorrect. The correct reading is Nemtiemsaf. His name is included in Manetho's king list as Methousouphis, which could be a Greek transcription of Merenra. To distinguish him from his namesake, Nemtiemsaf II, he is often numbered as Merenra I, but there is no contemporary evidence that Nemtiemsaf II also used Merenra as his throne name. It has only been found in the Abydos king list of Seti I which was created some 900 years later.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

anx-xaw
Ankh khau
Ꜥnḫ-ḫꜤw
"(Whose) appearances are (very much) alive"
Rock inscription, Hamamat
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:VI, 4 H·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:II, 115d
anx-xaw
Ankh khau nebty
Ꜥnḫ-ḫꜤw
"(for whom) The appearances of the Two Ladies are alive"
Rock inscription, Hamamat
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:VI, 4 N·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:II, 115d
bjkwj-nbw
Bikwy nebu
bꞽkwꞽ-nbw
"The golden double falcon"
Alabaster vase, Cairo Museum CG 18694 (JE2090)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:62-63, 4:G2
bjkwj-nbw
Bikwy nebu
bꞽkwꞽ-nbw
"The golden double falcon"
Rock inscription, Hamamat
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:VI, 4 G1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:II, 115d
mr-n-ra
Mer en Ra
mr-n-rꜤ
"The one whom Ra has loved"
Chenoboskion Tomb 1
Abydos Canon37·Karnak Canon16·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:II, 113g
mr-n-ra
Mer en Ra
mr-n-rꜤ
"The one whom Ra has loved"
Meyer, Ägyptische Chronologie, plate 1 (24)
Saqqara Canon24
Name missing
Name missing
Turin King List5.3
nmty-m-sAf
Nemty em saf
nmty-m-sꜢf
"Nemty is his protection"
Sethe, Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrucken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, I, 8
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:62-63, 4:E

Sources of antiquity

Author Greek Transcription Reign
Africanus  vi, 3 Μεθουσουφις Methusuphis 7 years

References