Filiative nomen

In Ancient Egyptian grammar, a filiative nomen (plural filiative nomina)[upper-alpha 1] is a name, typically of a pharaoh, that incorporates the name(s) of the person's father and possibly grandfather.[1] Gertoux proposes as one good example[2][3] the 13th-Dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat VI, called

Ameny-Inyotef-Amen-emhat

This should be interpreted as

Amenemhat, son of Inyotef, son of Ameny

or more fully

Amenemhat (VI), son of Inyotef, who was the son of Ameny (=Amenemhat V).

Gertoux comments, "This kind of arrangement is known as a ‘filiative nomen’, and is thus of very considerable help in reconstructing the notoriously opaque genealogy of the dynasty."[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Nomen is Latin for "name". Filiative is an adjectival form of filiation, defined as "filial relationship especially of a son to his father" (Merriam-Webster, def. 1a, accessed 2018-04-17).
  1. ↑ Ryholt, K. S. B.; Bülow-Jacobsen, Adam (1997). The Political Situation in Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, C. 1800-1550 B.C. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 207–209. ISBN 9788772894218. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 Gertoux, Gérard (2015-08-08). Moses and the Exodus Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence (2015 ed.). (self) Lulu.com. p. 36. ISBN 1329445252. Retrieved 10 July 2017. A feature of the number of the [names of the] kings of the 13th Dynasty is their length and formulation, a good example being ‘Ameny-Inyotef-Amen-emhat’. It is now becoming recognized that such ‘names’ actually contain the name of the king himself, together with that of his father and, in cases such as this, his grandfather as well. We should thus read here: ‘Amenemhat (VI), (son of) Inyotef, ([grand]son of) Ameny (= Amenemhat V)’; this kind of arrangement is known as a ‘filiative nomen’, and is thus of very considerable help in reconstructing the notoriously opaque genealogy of the dynasty.
  3. 1 2 Gertoux, Gerard (2017-02-10). The Pharaoh of the Exodus: Fairy tale or real history?. (self) Lulu.com. p. 67, n.15. ISBN 9781365702914. Retrieved 12 April 2017. [Identical to quote in Moses and the Exodus])

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