Amenemope (pharaoh)
| Amenemope | |
|---|---|
Gilted funerary mask of pharaoh Amenemope in the Egyptian Museum | |
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | 9 years 1001 – 992 BC 1000 BC –991 BC |
| Predecessor | Psusennes I |
| Successor | Osorkon the Elder |
| Father | Psusennes I (?) |
| Mother | Mutnedjmet(?) |
| Died | 992 or 991 BC |
| Burial | Tanis, originally NRT IV, reburied in NRT III |
| Dynasty | 21st Dynasty |
Usermaatre Amenemope was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty who ruled from 1001 to 992 BC or 1000 to 991 BC with his first 2 or 3 years in coregency with Psusennes I, his predecessor and possible father.
Amenemope's burial is notable for being one of three entirely intact royal burials known from ancient Egypt. The others were that of Psusennes I and Shoshenq II, all three found inside Psusennes's tomb which was discovered by the French Egyptologist Pierre Montet in 1939; however, only the metal objects survived in the wet Nile Delta climate. He succeeded Psusennes I at Tanis on the throne.