Imyremeshaw
Also known as Smenkhkare Imyremeshaw
Smenkhkare Imyremeshaw was a minor king of the early 13th Dynasty during the late Middle Kingdom. He apparently had a short reign and is mainly attested in the Memphis-Faiyum region in Egypt.
Key facts
- Pharaoh.name
- Imyremeshaw
- Pharaoh.alt_name
- Imyremeshau, Mermeshau, Emramescha'
- Pharaoh.image
- Ägyptisches Museum Kairo 2019-11-09 Emramescha 01.jpg
- Pharaoh.caption
- Granite statue of Imyremeshaw in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
- Pharaoh.reign
- x years, x months, and 4 daysless than 10 yearsstarting 1759 BC1711 BC
- Pharaoh.dynasty
- 13th Dynasty
- Pharaoh.predecessor
- Khendjer
- Pharaoh.successor
- Sehetepkare Intef
- Pharaoh.prenomen
- SmenkhkareSmnḫ-k3-rˁ"Vigorous is the Ka of Ra"M23:t-L2:t- Turin canon[Smenkh]kare[Smnḫ]-k3-rˁ"Smenkhkare"-G7
- Pharaoh.nomen
- ImyremeshawImy-r-mšˁw"General" or "Overseer of troops"G39-N5-Turin canonImyremeshawImy-r-mšˁw"The general"m:r-A12:Z2
- Pharaoh.spouse
- uncertain, possibly Queen Aya
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Attestations
- Pair of Colossi, Cairo JE 37466 and JE 37467
- Bead, BM EA 74185
- Statuette, Cairo JE 54493 (weak)
- Non-Contemporary Attestations
- Theories
- Name
- Chronological position and reign length
- References
Smenkhkare Imyremeshaw was a minor king of the early 13th Dynasty during the late Middle Kingdom. He apparently had a short reign and is mainly attested in the Memphis-Faiyum region in Egypt.
==Attestations== Imyremeshaw is mainly attested in the Memphis-Faiyum region.