Walls-of-the-Ruler

The Walls-of-the-Ruler was a fortification, or possibly a whole string of them, built by Amenemhat I in the 14th nome of Lower Egypt to protect the eastern approaches to Egypt.^[1] It succeeded the Old Kingdom Walls-of-Snefru.^[2]

The Walls-of-the-Ruler are mentioned in the Tale of Sinuhe^[3] and in the so-called Prophecy of Neferti.^[4] No remains have been found to date,^[5] but some think that the city of Sile (Tjaru) was part of it. New Kingdom depictions show forts which had a secured supply of water and were surrounded by crocodile-infested ditches or canals which were spanned by bridges.^[6]

References

• Ian Shaw, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford University Press 2000
• Aidan Dodson, Monarchs of the Nile, American Univ in Cairo Press 2000
• M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume 1, University of California Press 1973
• Robert G. Morkot, The Egyptians: An Introduction, Routledge 2005

Footnotes

1. ^ Shaw, op.cit., p.159
2. ^ Morkot, op.cit., p.42
3. ^ Lichtheim, p.224
4. ^ Dodson, op.cit., p.57
5. ^ Shaw, op.cit., p.159
6. ^ Morkot, op.cit., p.42