Amenhotep III

Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (~1391-1353 BCE). Reign of monumental scale; the Colossi of Memnon and Luxor Temple. Birth Cycle at Luxor Temple parallels the Hatshepsut iconographic program. Father of Akhenaten.

Parentage

• paternal: Amun
• maternal: Mutemwiya

Children

• Akhenaten
• Sitamun

Domains

• kingship pharaonic
• monumental building

Powers

• kingship egyptian conferral
• monumental construction

Epithets

• 𓇳𓎟𓇶 egyptian-hieroglyphic · Nb-mꜣꜥt-Rꜥthrone-name Nebmaatre 'Lord of the Truth of Re'Luxor Temple inscriptions (primary)

Relations

• father of: AkhenatenAmarna Boundary Stela K; Soleb temple reliefs (primary)
• father of: SitamunTomb of Kheruef; KV46 chair (primary)
• spouse: SitamunFather-daughter Royal-Marriage at his First Sed Festival.Tomb of Kheruef year 30 Sed Festival inscriptions (primary)
• spouse: TiyeHis principal Great Royal Wife and mother of Akhenaten.Amenhotep III commemorative marriage scarabs (primary)
• interpretatio: MemnonReciprocal of greek_memnon.interpretatio — Greeks identified Amenhotep III's 'singing' colossus at Thebes as Memnon, son of Eos.Strabo, Geography 17.1.46; Pausanias 1.42.3 (locals call the colossus Phamenoph, not Memnon) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Luxor Temple inscriptions (primary); Amarna Letters (primary)
• divine-paternity-from-amun: Amenhotep III Birth Cycle, Luxor Temple (primary)