SG : 1860-62
SCOTT : 1503-5
SESOSTRIS I
Bust of Senusret I in the Neues Museum, Berlin
Heliopolis obelisk (Senusret I)
The White Chapel of Senusret I at Karnak
Osiride statue (Senusret I)
Stone weight with Senusret I´s cartouche
Titulature de Sésostris Iersur un relief provenant du temple d´Amon à Karnak.
Relief représentant Sésotris Ierassis sur son trône à l´entrée de la cour du Moyen Empire du temple d´Amon-Rê de Karnak.
Senusret I (also Sesostris I and Senwosret I) was the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1971 BC to 1926 BC, and was one of the most powerful kings of this Dynasty. He was the son of Amenemhat I and his wife Nefertitanen. His wife and sister was Neferu. She was also the mother of the successor Amenemhat II. Senusret I was known by his prenomen, Kheperkare, which means "the Ka of Re is created."
He continued his father´s aggressive expansionist policies against Nubia by initiating two expeditions into this region in his 10th and 18th years and established Egypt´s formal southern border near the second cataract where he placed a garrison and a victory stele. He also organized an expedition to a Western Desert oasis in the Libyan desert. Senusret I established diplomatic relations with some rulers of towns in Syria and Canaan. He also tried to centralize the country´s political structure by supporting nomarchs who were loyal to him. His pyramid was constructed at el-Lisht. Senusret I is mentioned in the Story of Sinuhe where he is reported to have rushed back to the royal palace in Memphis from a military campaign in Asia after hearing about the assassination of his father, Amenemhat I.
AMENEMHET III
Statue from the Egyptian Collection of the Hermitage Museum
Amenemhat III Musee du Caire
Statuette head of Amenemhat III, now in the Louvre
Amenemhat III, also spelled Amenemhet III was a pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from c.1860 BC to c.1814 BC, the highest known date being found in a papyrus dated to Regnal Year 46, I Akhet 22 of his rule. His reign is regarded as the golden age of the Middle Kingdom. He may have had a long coregency (of 20 years) with his father, Senusret III
Towards the end of his reign he instituted a coregency with his successor Amenemhet IV, as recorded in a now damaged rock inscription at Konosso in Nubia, which equates Year 1 of Amenemhet IV to either Year 46, 47 or 48 of his reign. His daughter, Sobekneferu, later succeeded Amenemhat IV, as the last ruler of the 12th Dynasty. Amenemhat III´s throne name, Nimaatre, means "Belonging to the Justice of Re.
HUR I
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