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]

Notes

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

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