'Ammu Aahotepre was a pharaoh of the 14th Dynasty who ruled over parts of Lower Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.Hayes 1973: 64.Ryholt 1997: 50.
Attestations This king is poorly attested, see Ryholt 1997:364-365 File 14:4. Like other kings of the dynasty, scarab seals are the only surviving evidence for his reign.
Scarab seals 'Ammu Aahotepre has 61 seals bearing his name: 30 for the nomen 'Ammu and 32 for the prenomen Aahotepre. The theory that 'Ammu and Aahotepre refer to the same ruler is not certain.
At Tell el-Ajjul, a scarab bearing the nomen of this king was discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1933.
Prenomen Aahotepre Scarab seals from 1x Lachish,London Institute of Archaeology 2x Tell el-Ajjul,Pr. Loc. Unknown; Israel Museum 35.3941. 1x Canaan (?),bought around Jerusalem, Kloetzli Collection. 1x Delta (?),BM EA 42397 27x Provenance Unknown.Ryholt 1997:365.
Nomen 'Ammu Scarab seals from 2x Tell el-Ajjul,BM L 904, London Institute of Archaeology E.XII 66/2 1x Abydos,Cairo JE 22157/CG 36040. 1x Semna,BMFA 24.1508 26x Provenance Unknown.Ryholt 1997:365.
Theories His reign is believed to have lasted about 15 years, from 1760 BC until 1745 BC.
Identification Ryholt (1997) identified king 'Ammu with Aahotepre in his reconstruction of the Turin canon. Von Beckerath (1964) had previously assigned the prenomen Aahotepre to a pharaoh of the Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt.Ryholt 1997: 324 n. 1116.
See also Aamu
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