Amenemope (pharaoh)
| Amenemope | |
|---|---|
Gilted funerary mask of pharaoh Amenemope in the Cairo Museum | |
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | 9 years 1001 – 992 BC 993 – 984 BC |
| Predecessor | Psusennes I |
| Successor | Osorkon the Elder |
| Father | Psusennes I (?) |
| Mother | Mutnedjmet(?) |
| Died | 992 or 984 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 993 to 984 BC.
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 between 1939 and 1940; however, only the metal objects survived in the wet Nile Delta climate. He succeeded Psusennes I at Tanis on the throne.