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Amarna letters of Abdi-Heba
The Amarna letters of Abdi-Heba, also called the Jerusalem letters (EA 285–290), are cuneiform letters from Jerusalem's ruler Abdi-Heba to the Egyptian pharaoh, the earliest texts from Jerusalem.
Amarna letters of Tushratta
The Amarna letters of Tushratta, or Letters of Tušratta, are cuneiform tablets (EA 17–29) recording the Mitanni king's marriage-alliance correspondence with pharaohs Amenhotep III and Akhenaten.
Amarna letters, Byblos corpus
The Byblos corpus of the Amarna letters, the largest single-correspondent group in the archive, contains about 70 appeals sent by Rib-Hadda of Byblos to pharaohs Amenhotep III and Akhenaten in the mid-fourteenth century BC.
Amarna Period
The Amarna Period, or Amarna Era, was a mid-14th-century BC phase of Eighteenth-Dynasty Egypt dominated by Akhenaten's worship of the Aten and his new capital at Amarna.
Amasis (general)
Amasis was an army commander of Egypt's Saite 26th Dynasty who served Necho II, Psamtik II, and Apries, and co-led the Nubian campaign of 593 BC.
Amasis II
Amasis II, also known as Ahmose II or Khnemibre, was a pharaoh of Egypt's 26th Dynasty who ruled from 570 to 526 BC, the last great native pharaoh before the Persian conquest of 525 BC.
Amat-Mamu
Amat-Mamu was a naditu priestess and scribe at Sippar in ancient Babylonia, one of eight scribes in the gagum, active for at least forty years under Hammurabi, Samsu-iluna, and Abi-eshuh.
Amaziah of Judah
Amaziah of Judah was a king of Judah, son of Joash, who defeated the Edomites, lost a war against Israel, and was assassinated at Lachish.
Ambaris
Ambaris, also known as Ambaris of Bit-Purutash, was a king of Tabal in central Anatolia, placed on his throne by Sargon II and deported to Assyria after rebelling in 713 BC.
Amduat
The Amduat, or Book of the Hidden Chamber, is an Egyptian funerary text of the early New Kingdom describing the sun god's nightly journey through twelve hours of the netherworld.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk, also Awil-Marduk or Evil-Merodach, was the third king of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, son of Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled 561–560 BC and was murdered after just over two years on the throne.
Amenemhab (called Mahu)
Amenemhab, called Mahu, was an Egyptian military officer of Dynasty 18 who served Thutmose III and Amenhotep II and is buried in tomb TT85 at Thebes.
Amenemhat (chief of Teh-khet)
Amenemhat was a Nubian chief of Teh-khet in Lower Nubia who served the Egyptian colonial administration under Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, and was the last chief of his line.
Amenemhat (crown prince, son of Thutmose III)
Amenemhat was the eldest son and heir apparent of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III, attested at Karnak, who died young so that Amenhotep II succeeded instead.
Amenemhat (nomarch of the Oryx nome)
Amenemhat, also known as Ameny, was a Dynasty 12 Egyptian nomarch who governed the Oryx nome under Senusret I and was buried in tomb BH2 at Beni Hasan.
Amenemhat (TT82)
Amenemhat was an early 18th-Dynasty Egyptian official who served as grain scribe of Amun and steward of the vizier Useramen, owning the painted Theban tomb TT82 at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.
Amenemhat I
Amenemhat I, also known as Amenemhet I, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt who founded the Twelfth Dynasty and reigned from about 1991 to 1962 BC.
Amenemhat II
Amenemhat II, also known as Amenemhet II, was the third king of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, ruling for at least 35 years and buried in his pyramid at Dahshur.
Amenemhat III
Amenemhat III, also known as Amenemhet III, was a Twelfth Dynasty pharaoh of Egypt who reigned over 45 years and built the Labyrinth at Hawara.
Amenemhat IV
Amenemhat IV, also known as Amenemhet IV or Maakherure, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, its last male ruler, reigning around 1808–1799 BC and succeeded by Sobekneferu.
Amenemhat V
Amenemhat V, whose throne name was Sekhemkare, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty in the early Second Intermediate Period, reigning around 1796 to 1793 BC.
Amenemhat VI
Amenemhat VI, also known as Amenemhet VI, was a pharaoh of the Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt during the late Middle Kingdom, dated about 1788–1785 BC.
Amenemhatankh (prince)
Amenemhatankh (Amenemhat-ankh) was a royal prince of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, a possible son of King Amenemhat II who did not succeed to the throne, and was buried at Dahshur.
Amenemhatankh (vizier)
Amenemhatankh, also written Amenemhat-ankh, was a vizier of Middle Kingdom Egypt, previously unknown to scholarship until a single false door fragment bearing his name and titles was published in 2008.
Amenemnekhu
Inebny, also known as Amenemnekhu, was a high official of Egypt's 18th Dynasty who served as Viceroy of Kush, heading the administration of Nubia during the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III.
Amenemnisu
Amenemnisu, also known as Amenemnesu or Neferkare Amenemnisu, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-first Dynasty at Tanis in the early Third Intermediate Period, reigning about 1044–1040 BC and known from only a few objects.
Amenemope (pharaoh)
Amenemope, Hellenised as Amenophthis, was the fourth pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-first Dynasty, ruling from Tanis around 1001–992 BC; his intact tomb was found there in April 1940.
Amenemope (prince)
Amenemope, also written Amenemopet, was a prince of ancient Egypt's 18th Dynasty, listed among the sons of Pharaoh Amenhotep II and dated by implication to around 1420 BC.
Amenemope (son of Kanakht)
Amenemope, son of Kanakht, was an Egyptian official and sage at Ipu in Upper Egypt, author of the Instruction of Amenemope, a work of wisdom literature.
Amenemope (vizier)
Amenemope, also rendered Amenemipet, was a vizier and mayor of the city under Amenhotep II in the mid-18th Dynasty, buried in Theban tomb TT 29, which carries a copy of the Duties of the Vizier.