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Amenirdis

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Amenirdis (or Amonardis; masculine ỉmn-ỉr-dỉ-sw – Amenirdisu, feminine ỉmn-ỉr-dỉ-st – Amenirdiset; gendered endings were mostly not pronounced by the time the name was popular) is an ancient Egyptian name meaning "he/she was given by Amun".[1]

Notable bearers of the name include:

  • Amenirdisu or Amyrtaeus, only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth dynasty[2]
  • Amenirdis I, God's Wife of Amun during the Twenty-fifth dynasty[3]
  • Amenirdis II, Divine Adoratrice of Amun during the Twenty-fifth dynasty[3]

Sources

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  1. ^ Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935. p.26
  2. ^ Dodson, Aidan, Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson (2004). ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.249
  3. ^ a b Dodson & Hilton, p.236