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Instruction for Kagemni
The Instruction for Kagemni, also called the Instruction of Kagemni, is an Egyptian wisdom teaching addressed to Kagemni, a vizier of King Sneferu, known only from the Papyrus Prisse.
Instruction for Merikare
The Instruction for Merikare, also called the Teaching for King Merikare, is an ancient Egyptian text in which a Heracleopolitan king teaches his son and successor, Merikare, how to rule.
Instruction of Amenemhat
The Instruction of Amenemhat is a Middle Kingdom Egyptian instruction text in the voice of King Amenemhat I, warning his son Senusret I to distrust his circle.
Instruction of Amenemope
The Instruction of Amenemope, also called the Wisdom of Amenemope, is an Egyptian wisdom poem of paternal moral teaching from the Ramesside period, closely paralleled in Proverbs 22:17–24:22.
Instruction of Ankhsheshonq
The Instruction of Ankhsheshonq, also given as Onchsheshonqy, is a Demotic wisdom text of Ptolemaic Egypt, framed as advice written in prison by a priest for his son.
Instruction of Hardjedef
The Instruction of Hardjedef, also called the Teaching of Hardjedef, is an ancient Egyptian wisdom teaching attributed to Prince Hardjedef, a son of King Khufu.
Instructions of Shuruppak
The Instructions of Shuruppak is a Sumerian wisdom text in which Shuruppak gives moral instruction to his son Ziusudra, with copies dated to about 2600–2500 BC.
Instructions to temple officials
The Instructions to temple officials, also known as Instructions for temple officials, is a Hittite instruction text (CTH 264) in which the king imposes duties on priests and temple servants.
Intef (general)
Intef was a Theban military official of the Eleventh Dynasty, overseer of troops under King Mentuhotep II, known from a statue in Theban tomb 386.
Intef (TT155)
Intef, also transcribed Antef, was an early 18th Dynasty Egyptian official who served as royal herald under Hatshepsut and Thutmose III and owned tomb TT 155 at Thebes.
Intef I
Intef I, also Inyotef I or Antef I, was a Theban king of ancient Egypt's Eleventh Dynasty, the first of his house to claim pharaohship, reigning about 2125-2112 BC.
Intef II
Intef II, also written Antef II or Inyotef II, was a Theban king of Egypt's Eleventh Dynasty who reigned about 49 years during the First Intermediate Period.
Intef III
Intef III, also known as Inyotef III or Antef III, was the fourth pharaoh of the Theban Eleventh Dynasty of ancient Egypt, probably the father of Mentuhotep II.
Intef the Elder
Intef the Elder, also known as Antef the Great, was a non-royal Theban nomarch of the early 11th Dynasty, remembered as founder of the Theban royal line.
Intefiqer
Intefiqer (or Antefoqer) was a highly attested vizier and governor of Thebes in Egypt's early Twelfth Dynasty who served Amenemhat I and Senusret I.
Interpreter of Meluhha
The interpreter of Meluhha (Sumerian eme-bal me-luh-ha-ki) was a Mesopotamian translation specialist for trade with Meluhha, widely identified with the Indus civilization, attested around 2200-2000 BC.
Introduction of Aksumite coinage
The introduction of Aksumite coinage was the start of minting under King Endubis in the late 3rd century AD, the only ancient coinage south of the Sahara.
Inushpua
Inushpua (Inušpua) was an Urartian royal prince of the late 9th century BC, named in cuneiform inscriptions as a son of Menua and grandson of King Išpuini of Urartu.
Inventory Stela
The Inventory Stela is a limestone inscription from the Isis temple at Giza, written in the name of Khufu but carved roughly 2,000 years later, in the 26th Dynasty.
Ionian and Carian mercenaries in Egypt under Psamtik I
Ionian and Carian mercenaries in Egypt under Psamtik I were Greek and Carian soldiers who helped him win his throne and were settled at the Camps near Bubastis.
Iphur-Kish
Iphur-Kish (Ipḫur-Kiš) was a leader of the Mesopotamian city of Kish whom its assembly raised to kingship during the Great Revolt against Naram-Sin of Akkad, circa 2254–2218 BCE.
Ipi (vizier)
Ipi, also written Ipy, was a vizier of ancient Egypt in the early Twelfth Dynasty, most probably serving under King Amenemhat I, known for his large rock-cut tomb TT315 at Deir el-Bahari, Thebes.
Ipiq-Adad I
Ipiq-Adad I of Eshnunna was an early Old Babylonian ruler of the Mesopotamian city of Eshnunna, modern Tell Asmar, attested as governor (ensi) on a seal from about 2000–1900 BC.
Ipiq-Adad II
Ipiq-Adad II (Akkadian Ipîq-Adad) was a king of Eshnunna, a city-state in the Diyala region of Mesopotamia, whose 45-year reign brought great expansion, with campaigns reaching as far as Aleppo, and ended around 1811–1810 BC.
Iptar-Sin
Iptar-Sin was an early Assyrian king of the Adaside line, recorded as the fifty-first ruler in the Assyrian King List, with a reign of twelve years.
Ipuki
Ipuki (also Ipuky) was an ancient Egyptian chief sculptor of the 18th Dynasty under Amenhotep III, known from the Theban tomb TT181, shared with fellow sculptor Nebamun.
Iput I
Iput I was a queen of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, the wife of King Teti and mother of Pepi I, buried in her own pyramid at Saqqara.
Iput II
Iput II, also written Ipwet, was a queen of Sixth Dynasty Egypt and a wife of the long-reigning king Pepi II, buried in a pyramid at South Saqqara.
Ipy (steward)
Ipy, also written Apy, was a royal steward of late Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt, serving under Amenhotep III, Akhenaten, and Tutankhamun, and owner of Amarna Tomb 10.
Iqqur Ipuš
Iqqur Ipuš (Iqqur Ipus) is an Akkadian divination series whose title means 'if he destroys, if he builds', classifying months and days as favorable or unfavorable for activities.