Itjtawy
Itjtawy (uitspraak: i-sj-ta-whie), is die steeds onontdekte koninklike stad wat deur die stigter van die 12de Dinastie van Antieke Egipte, farao Amenemhat I (1991-1962 v.C.), gestig is in die 20ste jaar van sy bewind.[1] Die volle Egiptiese naam is Amenemhat-itj-tawy — "Amenemhat, Veroweraar van die Twee Lande".
Die stad was in die Faijoem-streek geleë en sy begraafplase was by Lisjt, el-Lahoen en Dahsjoer. Die ligging is dalk gekies vanweë die nabyheid aan die bron van die Asiatiese invalle in Egipte om so verdere aanvalle te verhoed.[2]
Verwysings
[wysig | wysig bron]- ↑ Arnold, Dorothea (1991). "Amenemhat I and the Early Twelfth Dynasty at Thebes". Metropolitan Museum Journal. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 26: 5–48. doi:10.2307/1512902. JSTOR 1512902.
- ↑ Shaw, Ian, red. (2000). The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 159.
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