Amenemhatankh

For the namesake ancient Egyptian vizier, see Amenemhatankh (vizier).

Amenemhatankh (his name means “Amenemhat lives”) was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 12th Dynasty, son or brother of Amenemhat II.

Amenemhatankh ỉmn-m-ḥ3.t-ˁnḫ in hieroglyphs
Era: Middle Kingdom (2055–1650 BC)

A sculpture of Amenemhatankh

Attestations

Amenhemhatankh is mentioned on a false door which was originally in his tomb but was found reused in the tomb of Khenemet and Siese at Dahshur. He is also mentioned on the base of a broken statue of him, found in Saqqara and now in the Egyptian Museum, on which his appointing of a priest named Tetiemsaf is recorded. His name also appears on a statue of Horemsaf from Saqqara; on a statue base found in the Precinct of Mut in the Karnak temple, now located in Cairo and in the tomb inscriptions of the vizier Khnumhotep, Tomb 2 at Dahshur.^[1]

He could be a son of Amenemhat II, but it is also possible they were brothers.^[2]