Thutmose (;
also rendered Thutmoses, Thutmosis, Tuthmose, Tutmosis, Thothmes, Tuthmosis, Thutmes, Dhutmose, Djhutmose, Djehutymes, etc.) is an
anglicization
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of the
ancient Egypt
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ian personal name ''
dhwty-ms'', usually translated as "Born of the god
Thoth
Thoth (from , borrowed from , , the reflex of " eis like the ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an African sacred ibis, ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine count ...
".
Thoutmôsis (in Ancient Greek Θούθμωσις / Thoúthmôsis) is the
Hellenized form of the Egyptian Ḏḥwtj-mś (reconstructed pronunciation: /tʼaˈħawtij ˈmissaw/) and means "Born of Thoth". This theophoric name was part of the royal titulary of four pharaohs of the 18th dynasty as the name of
Sa-Rê or "birth name". It was also worn by the eldest son of
Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III ( , ; "Amun is satisfied"), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great and Hellenization, Hellenized as Amenophis III, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty. According to d ...
, high priest of
Ptah, as well as by a vizier who exercised his functions successively under
Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III. Under this last king and under his successor,
Amenhotep IV, two other high dignitaries, royal sons of
Kush
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, similarly called themselves "Born
of Thoth".
Ancient Egyptians
Monarchs and royals
The name was common among royals of the Eighteenth Dynasty, which is thus sometimes called the "Thutmosid" Dynasty from the reign of Thutmose I onward.
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Thutmose I
Thutmose I (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis I, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; meaning "Thoth is born") was the third pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty of History of Ancient Egypt, Egypt. He re ...
(16th-century–c. 1490 BC), third pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty
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Thutmose II (fl. 1493–1479 BC), fourth pharaoh
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Thutmose III
Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, (1479–1425 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors, military commanders, and milita ...
(fl. 1479–1425 BC), "the Conqueror" or "the Great", sixth pharaoh
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Thutmose IV (died 14th-century BC), eighth pharaoh
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Crown Prince Thutmose, the elder brother of Pharaoh Akhenaten
Royal officials
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Thutmose (18th-dynasty vizier), Vizier during the reign of Thutmose IV
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Thutmose (19th-dynasty vizier)
Thutmose (; also rendered Thutmoses, Thutmosis, Tuthmose, Tutmosis, Thothmes, Tuthmosis, Thutmes, Dhutmose, Djhutmose, Djehutymes, etc.) is an Anglicisation of names, anglicization of the ancient Egyptian personal name ''dhwty-ms'', usually transla ...
, Vizier during the latter part of the reign of Ramesses II during the 19th dynasty
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Tuthmose (Viceroy of Kush), the Viceroy of Kush during the reign of Akhenaten
Other Egyptians
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Thutmose (sculptor) (fl. 1350 BC), Akhenaten's court sculptor at Amarna, to whom is attributed the famous Berlin bust of Nefertiti
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Thutmose (scribe) (fl. 11th-century BC), father of
Butehamun, himself a scribe
Others
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Thutmose (musician) (born 1995), stage name of the Nigerian-American rapper Umar Ibrahim
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Thutmose Kamel Gabrial (1924-1948), an Egyptian military pilot who was killed in action during the
1948 Palestine War
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.
References
Theophoric names
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