Mentuhotep II

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nb-ḥꜢpt-rꜤ — mnṯw-ḥtp

Reunified Egypt after the First Intermediate Period, inaugurating the Middle Kingdom.

Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

5 of 5 documented

s-Ꜥnḫ-i͗b-tꜢwi͗“The one who invigorates the heart of the Two lands”

5 sources

First part of reign
British Museum, stela EA1203
Bibliotheca Aegyptica, X, §23.3
Hieroglyphic Texts in the British Museum, I, plate 53
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 78-79, 5:H1

2 variants

Horus Name variant A

nṯr-hḏt

The divine one of the white crown

Horus Name variant B

smꜢ-tꜢwi͗

The uniter of the Two Lands

nb-ḥꜢpt-rꜤ"The possessor of the rudder of Ra"

4 sources

Abydos Canon no. 57
Karnak Canon no. 29
Third part of reign
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 78-79, 5:T4

1 variant

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant A

nb-ḥꜢpt-rꜤ zꜢ-rꜤ-mnṯw-ḥtp

The possessor of the rudder of Ra, son of Ra, Mentuhotep

mnṯw-ḥtp"Montu is satisfied"

5 sources

First part of reign
British Museum, stela EA1203
Bibliotheca Aegyptica, X, §23.3
Hieroglyphic Texts in the British Museum, I, plate 53
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 78-79, 5:E1 (1)

1 variant

Nomen (Birth Name) variant A

zꜢ-rꜤ-mnṯw-ḥtp

Mentuhotep, son of Ra

nṯr-hḏt"The divine one of the White Crown"

3 sources

Second part of reign
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, II, 150b
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 78-79, 5:N1

1 variant

Nebty (Two Ladies) Name variant A

smꜢ-tꜢwi͗

The uniter of the Two Lands