Amenmesse

Amenmesse
Amenmesse
Pharaoh
Reign	1201–1198 BC
Predecessor	Merneptah
Successor	Seti II
Horus name
Horus name
	Kanakht Merymaat Shementawy; K3-nḫt-mr.j-M3ˁ-šmn-t3wj; Strong bull, beloved of Maat, he who strengthen the two lands
Nebty name
	Werbiaytemipetsut; Wr-bj3wt-m-Jpt-swt; He who is great of miracles in Ipetsut
Golden Horus
	Aa...-[Ipet-sut ?]; ˁ3...; Great of ... [Ipetsut ?]
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Nomen
	Amenmesse Heqawaset; Jmn-msj-sw-ḥq3-W3st; Fashioned by Amun, ruler of Waset
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Consort	Tiya or Tiy[citation needed]
Children	Siptah
Father	Merneptah or Ramesses II
Mother	Takhat
Died	1198 BC
Burial	KV10
Dynasty	19th Dynasty

Amenmesse (also Amenmesses or Amenmose) 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^[4] or 1203 BC–1200 BC^[5] with others giving an accession date of 1200 BC.^[6] 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".^[7] His royal name was Menmire Setepenre.

^ Amenmesse
^ Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994. p.158
^ [1] KV-10 The Tomb of Amenmesse
^ Edward Wente and Charles Van Siclen III, "A Chronology of the New Kingdom," 218
^ Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge, 1999
^ Vandersleyen, ĽÈgypte et la Vallée du Nil, vol 2: 575
^ K. A. Kitchen, "The Titularies of the Ramesside Kings as Expression of Their Ideal Kingship," ASAE 71 (1987): 134-35.

[1] Amenmesse

[2] Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994. p.158

[3] [1] KV-10 The Tomb of Amenmesse

[4] Edward Wente and Charles Van Siclen III, "A Chronology of the New Kingdom," 218

[5] Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge, 1999

[6] Vandersleyen, ĽÈgypte et la Vallée du Nil, vol 2: 575

[7] K. A. Kitchen, "The Titularies of the Ramesside Kings as Expression of Their Ideal Kingship," ASAE 71 (1987): 134-35.

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