Mentuhotep IV
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| Mentuhotep IV | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharaoh of Egypt | |||
| Reign | 1998–1991 BC, 11th dynasty | ||
| Predecessor | Mentuhotep III | ||
| Successor | Amenemhat I | ||
| Died | 1991 BC | ||
Nebtawyre Mentuhotep IV was the last king of the 11th Dynasty. He seems to fit into a 7 year period in the Turin Canon for which there is no recorded king, and is known from a few inscriptions in Wadi Hammamat that record expeditions to the Red Sea coast and to quarry stone for the royal monuments.
Despite being obscure (he is absent from the official king lists in Abydos), the inscriptions show the organization and makeup of a large expedition. The leader of an expedition to Wadi Hammamat, dated to Year 2 of this king's reign, was his vizier a certain Amenemhat, who is widely assumed to be the future king Amenemhet I the first king of the 12th Dynasty, and Mentuhotep's immediate successor. Amenemhet is widely assumed by some Egyptologists to have either usurped the throne or assumed power after Mentuhotep IV died childless. There is currently no archaeological or textual evidence to prove that Mentuhotep was deposed by his Vizier or that he chose Amenemhet to be his designated successor.
[edit] References
- ^ King List (chronological)
- ^ Clayton, Peter A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p72. 2006. ISBN 0-500-28628-0
[edit] Further reading
- W. Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt: History,Archaeology and Society, Duckworth, London 2006 ISBN 0-7156-3435-6, 25-26
| Preceded by Mentuhotep III |
Pharaoh of Egypt Eleventh dynasty 1998 BC – 1991 BC |
Succeeded by Amenemhat I |
