Amasis

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ḫnm-i͗b-rꜤ — iꜤḥ-ms(.w)

Oversaw a prosperous reign and strong Greek trading relations; the last great native pharaoh before Persian conquest.

Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

5 of 5 documented

smn-mꜢꜤt“The one who has established Maat”

3 sources

Daressy, Stèle de l'an III d'Amasis, RecTrav 22 (1900): 2
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, III, 274p
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 216-217, 5:H1

1 variant

Horus Name variant A

ḫnm-i͗b-rꜤ"The one who is associated with the mind of Ra"

2 sources

Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, III, 274o
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 218-219, 5:T1

1 variant

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant A

ẖnm-i͗b-rꜤ

The one who is associated with the mind of Ra

iꜤḥ-ms(.w)"Ahmose (Iah is born)"

1 source

Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 218-219, 5:E1

4 variants

Nomen (Birth Name) variant A

iꜤḥ-ms(.w)

Ahmose

Nomen (Birth Name) variant B

iꜤḥ-ms(.w) zꜢ-nt

Ahmose, son of Neith

Nomen (Birth Name) variant C

iꜤḥ-ms(.w) zꜢ-nt

Ahmose, son of Neith

Nomen (Birth Name) variant D

iꜤḥ-ms(.w) zꜢ-nt

Ahmose, son of Neith

zꜢ-nt spd-tꜢwy"The son of Neith, who has restored the Two Lands"

1 source

Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 216-217, 5:N1

stp-nṯrw"Divinely chosen"

2 sources

Petrie, Abydos, I, plate 69 (2)
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 216-217, 5:G1

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