Amanappa

Amanappa ( ancient Egyptian Amenemope ) was an important court official of the 18th dynasty . It is only mentioned in the Amarna letters at the time of Amenhotep III. called. Together with the official Haja , he had extensive competencies, which included the control of supplies and tributes . In the letters he is addressed by the vassal prince of Byblos Rib-Addi , who asks him for grain deliveries and help with a siege . Amanappa was sent to Amurru twice and supported RibAddi the second time with a small army .

literature

Fritz Schachermeyr : Egyptian officials in Syria and Palestine during the El Amarna period . In: Erich Ebeling , Bruno Meissner (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie and Near Eastern Archeology . tape 1 . de Gruyter, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-11-004451-X , p. 52 .

Eileen N. Hirsch: The relations of the Egyptian residence in the New Kingdom to the vassals of the Near East: the chiefs of the northern foreign countries and their position at court . In: Rolf Gundlach , Andrea Klug (ed.): The Egyptian Court of the New Kingdom; Its society and culture in the field of tension between domestic and foreign policy (= royalty, state and society of early high cultures ). tape 2 . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-447-05324-0 , p. 137, 189 .

Individual evidence

↑ Hermann Ranke : The Egyptian personal names. Vol. 1. Augustin, Glückstadt et al. 1935, p. 27, no. 18, online as PDF .

personal data
SURNAME	Amanappa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	14th century BC Chr.

[1] Hermann Ranke : The Egyptian personal names. Vol. 1. Augustin, Glückstadt et al. 1935, p. 27, no. 18, online as PDF .