Amenemhet VI

Amenemhat VI
Ameny Antef Amenemhat
Drawing of the offering table CG 23040, bearing Amenemhat VI's cartouches
Pharaoh
Reign	1788–1785 BC, c. 1740 BC(Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt)
Predecessor	Iufni
Successor	Semenkare Nebnuni (Ryholt, Franke)
Royal titulary
Children	uncertain, conjectural: Renseneb
Father	uncertain, possibly Sekhemkare Amenemhat V

Seankhibre Ameny Antef Amenemhet VI was an Egyptian pharaoh of the early Thirteenth Dynasty ruling in the first half of the 18th century BC during a time referred to as the late Middle Kingdom or early Second Intermediate Period, depending on the scholar. Amenemhat VI certainly enjoyed a short reign, estimated at 3 years or shorter. He is attested by a few contemporary artefacts and is listed on two different king lists. He may belong to a larger family of pharaohs including Amenemhat V, Ameny Qemau, Hotepibre Qemau Siharnedjheritef and Iufni.

Amenemhat VI is listed on the Turin canon, a king list redacted in the early Ramesside period and which serves as the primary historical source regarding the Second Intermediate Period. In the latest reading of the canon by the Danish Egyptologist Kim Ryholt, Amenemhat VI appears in the 7th column, 10th row under his prenomen Seankhibre. This corresponds to the 6th column, 10th row in Alan Gardiner's and Jürgen von Beckerath's reading of the Turin king list.

Amenemhat VI is also mentioned on the Karnak king list, entry 37.

Amenemhat VI is attested by a few contemporary artefacts. These include 2 cylinder seals from el-Mahamid el-Qibli in Upper Egypt, one of which is dedicated to "Sobek Lord of Semenu". An offering table bearing Amenemhat VI's cartouche has been discovered in Karnak and is now in the Egyptian Museum, CG 23040. Also inscribed with the cartouches of Amenemhat is a stele from Abydos and an architrave from a private tomb of the necropolis of Heliopolis However, recent research indicates that the latter monument belongs to another king, Seankhibtawy Seankhibra.