Da Nj-mAat-Ra a Premarres fino a Poimandres: l’inarrestabile ascesa divina di Amenemhat III, dio primordiale, nume tutelare e intelletto supremo. Status quaestionis e nuove prospettive di ricerca

Abstract

There are not many sovereigns who have enjoyed a cult that has lasted for more than two millennia.
Among these stands Amenemhat III, protagonist of a real divine career, which began when he was still
alive, mortal in his person, immortal in his royalty. From sovereign to primordial god, to tutelary deity
of the Fayyum, up to “supreme intellect”, Amenemhat III demonstrates, like no other, how the memory
of the pharaonic past, regenerating itself through the filter of Hellenism, can be perpetuated up to the
early Christian age. This short article aims to take stock of this historical-religious phenomenon, in its
complete diachrony and considering what its reference context, the Fayyum, can still reveal.