Amunhotep II (Part 1): The Early Years
1460 – 1455 BCE. After the brilliant campaign of regnal year 33, Thutmose enjoyed a period of peace and plenty. Foreign powers began to seek relations with Egypt, and the power of the Pharaoh appeared supreme. This manifested in the appearance of three unusual princesses…
Bibliography
- Peter der Manuelian, Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II, 1987.
- Betsy M. Bryan, The Reign of Thutmose IV, 1991.
- W. Vivian Davies, “The British Museum epigraphic survey at Tombos: the stela of Usersatet and Hekaemsasen,” British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (2009).
- John Coleman Darnell, “The Stela of the Viceroy Usersatet (Boston MFA 25.632), his Shrine at Qasr Ibrim, and the Festival of Nubian Tribute under Amenhotep II,” ENiM (2014).
- Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.
I’m not sure about the Semna Stela of User-Satet … it does not look like the stela in the Boston MFA paper http://www.enim-egyptologie.fr/revue/2014/11/Darnell_ENIM7_p239-276.swf.pdf described as the Semna Stela of User-Satet, and the cartouche on your stela does not seem to refer to either Amenhotep II or Thutmose III, but looks more like either Old Kingdom Menkaure, or perhaps the Middle Kingdom Khakaure? Hard to tell.
Hi David, the cartouche indeed refers to the Dynasty 12 ruler Senuseret III. The King appears as a deity or statue, along with the other gods. The stela honours Senuseret posthumously.
This grim punishment meted out by Amenhotep II reminds me a great deal of the punishments favoured by the neo-Assyrian empire generally, or Darius I of the Achaemenid empire for the humiliation of rebels, particularly the bit about displaying the mutilated corpses on the city walls.
Unpleasant business!
This grim punishment meted out by Amenhotep II reminds me a great deal of the punishments favoured by the neo-Assyrian empire generally, or Darius I of the Achaemenid empire for the humiliation of rebels, particularly the bit about displaying the mutilated corpses on the city walls.
Unpleasant business all around!