Abisha the Hyksos
The renowned paintings on the tomb of the vizier Khnumhotep II in the Beni Hasan necropolis depict a scene which took place in the sixth year (1892 BC) of king Senusret II (1897-1878 BC) of the XII Dynasty of Egypt when a group of Western Asiatics visited him to bring gifts. These foreigners were named the Aamu (ꜥꜣmw) of Shu (Ŝw) and their leader “Abisha the Hyksos”: this is the first known instance of the name Hyksos in hieroglyphic inscriptions.


