Amenmesse
Sign in to saveAmenmesse (also Amenmesses or Amenmeses) was the fifth pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt, possibly the son of Merneptah and Queen Takhat. Others consider him to be one of the innumerable sons of Ramesses II. Very little is known about this pharaoh, who ruled Egypt for only three to four years. Various Egyptologists date his reign between 1202 BC–1199 BC or 1203 BC–1200 BC with others giving an accession date of 1200 BC. Amenmesse means "born of or fashioned by Amun" in Egyptian. Additionally, his nomen can be found with the epithet Heqa-waset, which means "Ruler of
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Key facts
- Pharaoh.Image
- Amenmesses drawn by Rosellini.jpg
- Pharaoh.Caption
- 1832 drawing of Amenmesse by Ippolito Rosellini
- Pharaoh.Name
- Amenmesse
- Pharaoh.NomenHiero
- C12-ms-s-s-S38-N29-S40
- Pharaoh.Nomen
- Amenmesse HeqawasetJmn-msj-sw-ḥq3-W3stFashioned by Amun, ruler of Waset
- Pharaoh.Prenomen
- Menmire SetepenreMn-mj-Rˁ-stp.n-RˁEternal like Ra, the chosen one of RaM23:t-L2:t-
- Pharaoh.Golden
- Aa...-[Ipet-sut ?]ˁ3...Great of ... [Ipetsut ?]
- Pharaoh.GoldenHiero
- O29-hatching-O49
- Pharaoh.Nebty
- WerbiaytemipetsutWr-bj3wt-m-Jpt-swtHe who is great of miracles in Ipetsut
- Pharaoh.NebtyHiero
- G36:D21-D58-M17-G1-M17-X1-M17-U16:Aa13-M17-Q3:X1-Q1-Z2:O49
- Pharaoh.Horus
- Kanakht Merymaat ShementawyK3-nḫt-mr.j-M3ˁ-šmn-t3wjStrong bull, beloved of Maat, he who strengthen the two lands
- Pharaoh.HorusHiero
- E1:D40-C10-U6-U32-N35:N17:N17-N21:N21
- Pharaoh.Reign
- 1201–1198 BC
- Pharaoh.Predecessor
- Merneptah
- Pharaoh.Successor
- Seti II
- Pharaoh.Spouse
- Tiya or Tiy
- Pharaoh.children
- Siptah (possibly)
- Pharaoh.Dynasty
- 19th Dynasty
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Seti-II-StatueHead MetropolitanMuseum.png
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- Amenmesse
- date of death
- 1200-01-01
- date of birth
- 1250-00-00
- name in hiero markup
- E1:D40-C10-U6-U32-N35:N17:N17-N21:N21
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Amenmesse (also Amenmesses or Amenmeses) was the fifth pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt, possibly the son of Merneptah and Queen Takhat. Others consider him to be one of the innumerable sons of Ramesses II. Very little is known about this pharaoh, who ruled Egypt for only three to four years. Various Egyptologists date his reign between 1202 BC–1199 BC or 1203 BC–1200 BC with others giving an accession date of 1200 BC. Amenmesse means "born of or fashioned by Amun" in Egyptian. Additionally, his nomen can be found with the epithet Heqa-waset, which means "Ruler of Thebes". His royal name was Menmire Setepenre.
==Usurper==