Aamu
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Aamu was a name used to designate West Asians in ancient Egypt. It is often translated as "Western Asiatic", but it might refer specifically to Canaanites or Amorites. The Egyptologist and linguist Th
The leader of the Aamu in the painting is a man described as "Abisha the Hyksos" (πΎππ°π, αΈ₯qκ£-αΈ«κ£swt, Heqa-khasut for "Hyksos"). Tomb of Khnumhotep II, circa 1900 BCE.
An Egyptian glazed steatite profile head of an Asiatic 1540-1190 BCE
Word "Aamu" (π»π°ππ
ππ from right to left) in two Egyptian scripts, in the tomb of Khnumhotep II.
A more recent description of the word (left to right, 1898)
Khnumhotep II
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Khnumhotep II was an ancient Egyptian Great Chief of the Oryx nome during the reign of pharaohs Amenemhat II and Senusret II of the 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom. He is well known for his tomb at Beni
Aamu
β¦Egyptian records, which are a syntactical and lexical match for West Semitic dialects. An ancient Egyptian painting in the tomb of 12th Dynasty official Khnumhotep II, at Beni Hasan (c. 1900 BCE), shows a group of West Asiatic foreigners, possibly Canaanites, labelled as Aamu (κ₯κ£mw), including the leading man with aβ¦
Khnumhotep II depicted while hunting waterfowl in the marshes
Exterior of the Tomb BH3
Overview of south wall of Tomb BH3
Many of Khnumhotep's relatives. The sitting woman in the top-middle is his wife Khety