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The Armant Relief of Montuhotep III

The Armant Relief of
Montuhotep III
Mentuhotep III continued his father's construction policy, as is shown by this backup, found in Armant and now in the Brooklyn Museum in New York. It represents the king wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt (left) or wearing the nemes head-dress (right). In the part of the relief to the left, the king is doing a ritual run, often linked with the Heb-Sed festival. This scene is represented by some as an reading that Mentuhotep III at least celebrated one such festival, which would imply that his reign must at least have went 30 years. It must, however, be noted that this character of scene, while linked with the Heb-Sed festival, is a very fair theme in temple medallion, that was also used by kings with very short-lived reigns who never got to observing their first jubilee. The prospect to the right remains the Lower-Egyptian setting, in that the king's name is faced with the name of the Lower-Egyptian goddess Uto.

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Montuhotep III (2010-1998)

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Hieroglyphic name of Montuhotep III


Montuhotep III name: Sankhkare or Montuhotep III or Mentuhotep III.

Statue of Mentuhotep III
He reigned from 2010 B.C.E. until his dying. Montuhotep III was the son of Montuhotep II and Queen Tem (2) or perhaps  Neferu (1). He  rose  the  throne  at  an full  age,  and  he  is  shown  on  the  Abydos and Saqqara Ruler Lists and in the Turin Canon. A practiced of his fathers military campaigns, Montuhotep III rebuilt fortresses in the eastern Delta and sent an excursion to Punt. He also had swells dug along outing paths and reopened the quarries at Wadi Hammamat. His mortuary  temple  was  established  at Deir El-bahri, on the  western  shore  at  Thebes,  but  it  was  not  good. Montuhotep also put up a temple to the god Thoth on a hill steep the Nile. The letters of an standard named Hekanakhte, a mortuary priest in Thebes, provided substantial information about Montuhotep III's dominate. The heir,  Montuhotep  IV,  was  born  to  Queen  Imi. Another run was Queen Amunet.

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