Amenemhat (II) Nubkaure (1914-1879/76 BC)

King of the Twelfth Dynasty

Attestations in the Petrie Museum:

faience plaque UC 13201		cylinder seal UC 11277 (Nubkawre)	siltstone fragment UC 11270 with the Horus name

Further Attestations:

• Stela with the king's name found in the Wadi Um Balad (Mathieu 1998)
• Gateway at Hermopolis (Spencer 1989: pl. 93)
• Treasure with foreign silver vessels and Near Eastern style seals and other scrap lapis-lazuli found under the Mont temple at Tod. Chests containing the treasure bear the name of Amenemhat II (Bisson de la Roque/Contenau/Chapouthier 1953)
• Mentioned in several rock inscriptions near Aswan (de Morgan 1894: 24. 167; 25.178 - together with Senusret II - 39.169)
• Fragments of an annal stone, found at Memphis (Altenmüller/Moussa 1991)

Bibliography:

• Callender 2000: 163-164 (an introduction to his reign)

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