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.

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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
Pharaoh.monuments: uncertain, possibly an unfinished pyramid at Saqqara neighboring that of Khendjer

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date of birth: 1800-01-01
date of death: 1800-01-01
Commons category: Imyremeshaw

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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
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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.