Itjtawy

E238836

Itjtawy was the royal residence and administrative capital established by the 12th Dynasty pharaohs during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Itjtawy canonical 27
Itjtawy (probable) 5
Itj-tawy 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city ⓘ
capital of Egypt ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amenemhat-Itjtawy ⓘ
linked to: Amenemhat I
alsoRomanizedAs Itj-tawy ⓘ
linked to: Itjtawy
archaeologicalStatus not yet securely identified ⓘ
associatedWith pyramid complex of Amenemhat I at Lisht ⓘ
pyramid complex of Senusret I at Lisht ⓘ
capitalDuringDynasty Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
capitalDuringPeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
capitalOf Egypt ⓘ
currentCondition lost city ⓘ
establishedInCentury 20th century BC ⓘ
establishedInPeriod reign of Amenemhat I ⓘ
foundedBy Amenemhat I ⓘ
foundedTo mark shift of royal power toward Faiyum region ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
military and strategic center ⓘ
royal court ⓘ
governedBy pharaohs of the Twelfth Dynasty ⓘ
hasUncertainLocation true ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Kingdom ⓘ
importance major political center of Middle Kingdom Egypt ⓘ
linkedTo reorganization of Egypt after First Intermediate Period ⓘ
locatedInCountry Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
Faiyum region ⓘ
linked to: Faiyum Oasis

el-Lisht ⓘ
locatedOn Nile River valley ⓘ
linked to: Nile Valley
nameLanguage Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
partOf Nile Valley urban network ⓘ
linked to: Nile Valley
politicalRole residence of the pharaoh ⓘ
seat of central administration of Egypt ⓘ
precededCapital Thebes ⓘ
researchStatus subject of ongoing archaeological survey near Lisht and Faiyum ⓘ
servedAs administrative capital of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
royal residence of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
succeededCapital Thebes ⓘ
timeOfUse early 2nd millennium BC ⓘ
usedByDynasty Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Itjtawy → alsoRomanizedAs → Itj-tawy ⓘ
linked to: Itjtawy
Amenemhat I → capitalMovedTo → Itjtawy ⓘ
Amenemhat I → foundedCity → Itjtawy ⓘ
Senusret I → capitalCity → Itjtawy ⓘ
Senusret II → capital → Itjtawy ⓘ
Amenemhat II → capitalCity → Itjtawy ⓘ
Khendjer → capitalLikely → Itjtawy ⓘ
Inyotef IV → capitalLikely → Itjtawy (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Itjtawy
Seth Meribre → capitalLikely → Itjtawy (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Itjtawy
Rahotep → capitalDuringReign → Itjtawy ⓘ
House of Amenemhat → capital → Itjtawy ⓘ
Merneferre Ay → capitalLikely → Itjtawy ⓘ
Neferitatenen → residence → Itjtawy ⓘ
Sewadjkare XLII → capitalLikely → Itjtawy (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Itjtawy
Sewadjkare XLIII → capitalLikely → Itjtawy (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Itjtawy
Sewadjkare I → capitalLikely → Itjtawy ⓘ
subject linked to: Sewadjkare LI
Sobekhotep IV → capital → Itjtawy ⓘ
Sewahenre Senebmiu → capitalLikely → Itjtawy (probable, not certain) ⓘ
linked to: Itjtawy
Sewadjkare XXI → capitalLikely → Itjtawy (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Itjtawy
Neferhotep II → capitalLikely → Itjtawy ⓘ