Amenemhat IV

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Amenemhat IV was a late Middle Kingdom pharaoh of Egypt, known for his relatively short and obscure reign that preceded the rise of the Second Intermediate Period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amenemhat IV canonical 5
reign of Amenemhat IV 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of the 12th Dynasty of Egypt
Middle Kingdom ruler
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
associatedDeity Ra
Sobek
associatedWithPeriod Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
surface form: Second Intermediate Period (onset)
attestedBy rock inscriptions
scarab seals
temple reliefs
buildingActivity Faiyum Oasis
surface form: Faiyum region

Hawara
Sinai Peninsula
surface form: Sinai
burialPlace unknown
capitalRegion Itjtawy area (probable)
chronologicalPosition late 12th Dynasty
chronologicalSignificance precedes Second Intermediate Period
country Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
dynasty 12th Dynasty of Egypt
surface form: Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt
era Middle Kingdom of Egypt
expeditionTo Sinai turquoise mines
Wadi el-Hudi (amethyst quarries)
gender male
historicalStatus poorly documented pharaoh
knownFrom Turin King List
surface form: Turin King List (probable identification)

later king lists (uncertain identifications)
language Egyptian
mother Hetepi (probable)
nomen Amenemhat IV self-link
notableFor being one of the last rulers of the 12th Dynasty
limited surviving records
possibleCoregentWith Amenemhat III
praenomen Maakherure
predecessor Amenemhat III
reignCharacterization relatively obscure
short
reignLength approximately 9 years (uncertain)
reignPeriod late Middle Kingdom
religion ancient Egyptian religion
religiousAssociation Sobek cult in the Faiyum
royalTitle King of Upper and Lower Egypt
Son of Ra
successor Sobekneferu
successorDynasticTransition transition toward 13th Dynasty
throneName Maakherure
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Kingdom of Egypt majorRuler Amenemhat IV
Sobekneferu predecessor Amenemhat IV
12th Dynasty of Egypt hasMonarch Amenemhat IV
Amenemhat III successor Amenemhat IV
Amenemhat IV nomen Amenemhat IV self-link
Medinet Madi developedInPeriod Amenemhat IV
this entity surface form: reign of Amenemhat IV