Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Abstract
Introduction
A note on chronology
Part 1. Origin and Ascent
1. Amenemhat IV and the Family of Amenemhat III
1.1. Neferuptah
1.2. Sobekneferu
1.3. Hetepti
2. Succession and Coregency
2.1. Succession and Rise to the Throne
2.1.1. Part I
2.1.2. Part II
2.2. Co-regency
Part 2. Analysis of the Reign
3. The Administration
3.1. Part 1: General Features
3.1.1. The complexity of administration as a theme/topic and the peculiarity of the second half of the Twelfth Dynasty: clarifi cations and methodological premises
3.1.2. The reign of Amenemhat IV
3.1.3. The two branches of administration: the Vizier and the Treasurer
3.1.3.1. The Bureau of the Vizier
3.1.3.2. The Treasury
3.1.4. The army
3.1.5. Papyri
3.1.6 List of administrative officials
3.2. Prosopographical Analysis
3.3. Conclusions
3.4. Prosopographical List
3.5. List of Administrative Titles
4. Activity in the Nile Valley
4.1. The Delta
4.2. The Memphis Area
4.3. Dahshur
4.4. El-Lisht
4.5. Abydos
4.6. The Theban Area
4.7. Aswan
4.8. Middle Egypt
4.9. Fayyum
5. The Borderlands
5.1. Nubia
5.2. Wadi el-Hudi
5.3. Mersa Gawasis
5.4. Sinai
6. The Foreign Lands
6.1. Syria
6.2. Canaan
6.3. Asians in Egypt
6.4. Sinai
7. Amenemhat IV between Religion and Policy
7.1. Atum
7.2. Gods and Goddesses
7.3. The Decorative Cycle
7.4. Structural parallels
7.5. The Position of Gods and Goddesses
Part 3. The End of the Kingdom
8. The Tomb
9. Amenemhat IV and the End of the Dynasty
Conclusion: Fayyum: "la grande aff aire de la monarchie"
Part 4. Documentary Evidence of Amenemhat IV's Reign
Group A. Documents from Egypt
Sculpture
Document 1: Sphinx, National Museum, Alexandria
Document 2: Sphinx, National Museum, Alexandria
Document 3: Sphinx JE 25775, Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Document 4: Block JE 42906, Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Document 5: Block (MMA 22.1.12a, b), Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York
Document 6: Pillar
Document 7: Statue (1117), Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin
Document 8: Medinet Madi Temple, Fayyum
Document 9: Base of Sphinx n. 17, Store-room of the Pyramids, Giza
Private Sculpture
Document 10: Stela 645[2435], National Museum, Rio de Janeiro
Document 11: Stela BM 258 (stele n. 219), British Museum, London
Document 12: Stela C7, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Document 13: Stela Stuttgart 11, Ägyptische Sammlung der Universität, Tübingen
Document 14: Block BMFA 1971.403, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Document 15: Stela 2579, Egyptian Museum, Florence
Mobilia
Document 16: Toilet Box MMA 26.7.1438, Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York
Document 17: Plaque BM 22879, British Museum, London
Graffiti
Document 18: Graffiti
Glyptics
Document 19: Scarab
Document 20: Scarab UC 11332, Petrie Museum, London
Document 21: Scarab, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Document 22: Scarab
Document 23: Cylinder Seal 44. 12362, Brooklyn Museum
Document 24: Cylinder Seal
Private Glyptics
Document 25: Seal BM 32568, British Museum, London
Document 26: Seal Impression
Document 27: Seal
Document 28: Seal
Document 29: Seal
Glyptics of uncertain attribution
Document 30: SCARAB
Document 31: CYLINDER SEAL
Document 32: CYLINDER SEAL
Papyri from el-Lahun (Kahun)
Letters
Document 33: p.Kahun VI. 4 (l. 28), verso (UC 32201)
Document 34: p.Kahun III. 4 (l. 32), verso (UC 32205)
Document 35: MODEL LETTER, p.Kahun III. 2, recto (letter 1) (UC 32196)
Accounts
Document 36: p.Kahun, VI. 12 (l. 8), verso (UC 32158; fr. UC 32148B and UC 32150A)
Document 37: p.Kahun, LV. 8 (r. 34), recto (UC 32194)
Document 38: p.Kahun VI. 21 (ll. 39; 40; 41; 44), verso (UC 32269)
Document 39: p.Kahun XLIV. 1 lr. 32), recto (UC 32175)
Legal Papyri
Document 40: WILL (?) OF WAH, p.Kahun, I. 1 (l. 6), recto (UC 32058)
Group B. Documents from the Borderlands
Nubia
Document 1: Seal Impression
Document 2: Nile level graffiti
Document 3: Nile level graffiti
Document 4: Nile level graffiti
Document 5: Nile level graffiti
Document 6: Nile level graffiti
Sinai
Document 7: Stela of Sa-Sopedu
Document 8: Rock Inscription of Khuy
Document 9: Rock inscription of Senebu
Document 10: Rock inscription of Senaa-ib
Document 11: Stela of Sobekhotep (?)
Document 12: Stela of Djaf-Horemsaf
Document 13: Stela of Djaf-Horemsaf
Document 14: Stela of Djaf-Horemsaf (JE 38547), Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Document 15: Stela with Off ering Table
Document 16 (a) and (b): Wall inscription
Document 17 (a) and (b): Scene and wall inscription
Document 18: Scene and wall inscription
Document 19: Fragment of decoration
Document 20: Stela of Hekhaty-Seneby
Document 21: Wall inscription
Document 22: Column inscription, Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Document 23: Fragment of an inscribed architrave
Document 24: Edge of a stela
Document 25: Fragment of stela
Document 26: Fragmentary off ering table JE 65465, Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Document 27: Fragment of stele
Document 28: Fragment of architrave
Mersa Gawasis
Document 29: Wooden box WG 21, trench WG 32, U. S. 25.
Document 30: Stela (n. 2), WG 146, trench WG 32, niche 2
Document 31:

About the Author

Stefania Pignattari is an archaeologist and an independent researcher. She studied at Bologna University and holds a PhD in Egyptology from Pisa University.

Reviews

'All scholars and students of ancient Egypt, and on the institution of kingship in general, will be most interested in this volume.' Prof. Ronald J. Leprohon, University of Toronto

'The complex issues involving the royal women and royal succession treated here are important and haven't really been considered to the same extent by other authors. The evidence from Medinet Madi is new and compelling. . Pignattari does a very good job of using all available sources to draw out information about a period for which evidence is often lacking.' Dr Denise Doxey, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston