Amenemope (vizier)

Amenemope , also known as Pairi , was a high ancient Egyptian official of the 18th dynasty under King Amenophis II. Amenemope was a vizier and thus held the highest office of state after the king. During the 18th dynasty this office was divided into two parts: one vizier held office in the north of the country, the other in the south. Amenemope officiated in the south.

Amenemope came from an influential family. His cousin Sennefer was mayor of Thebes . His father was the head of the harem, Ahmose, his mother's name was Nub and he carried the title of royal jewelry . Amenemope's wife also had this title and was called Wermaatef.

Not much is known about Amenemope's tenure. He followed the vizier Rechmire in office and had a burial chapel in Thebes ( TT29 ). His actual grave was in the Valley of the Kings ( KV48 ). This was robbed, but still the mummy of a place there big, well-built ( tall and well bulit ) man.

Individual evidence

^ JJ Shirley: Crisis and Restructuring of the State: From the Second Intermediate Period to the Advent of the Ramesses. In: Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia (ed.): Ancient Egyptian Administration (= Handbook of Oriental Studies . Department 1: The Near and Middle East. Volume 104). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-90-04-24952-3 , pp. 521-606, here p. 587.
^ Susanne Bickel : Other tombs. In: Richard H. Wilkinson, Kent R. Weeks (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015, ISBN 0-19-993163-1 , pp. 230–244, here p. 235.
↑ Nicholas Reeves , Richard H. Wilkinson : The Complete Valley of the Kings: tombs and treasures of Egypt's greatest pharaohs. Thames & Hudson, London 1996, ISBN 0-500-05080-5 , p. 184.

literature

Wolfgang Helck : On the administration of the Middle and New Kingdom (= problems of Egyptology. Volume 3). Brill, Leiden 1958, pp. 297-298, 439-440.

personal data
SURNAME	Amenemope
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pairi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	vizier
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	15th century BC Chr.

[1] JJ Shirley: Crisis and Restructuring of the State: From the Second Intermediate Period to the Advent of the Ramesses. In: Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia (ed.): Ancient Egyptian Administration (= Handbook of Oriental Studies . Department 1: The Near and Middle East. Volume 104). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-90-04-24952-3 , pp. 521-606, here p. 587.

[2] Susanne Bickel : Other tombs. In: Richard H. Wilkinson, Kent R. Weeks (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015, ISBN 0-19-993163-1 , pp. 230–244, here p. 235.

[3] Nicholas Reeves , Richard H. Wilkinson : The Complete Valley of the Kings: tombs and treasures of Egypt's greatest pharaohs. Thames & Hudson, London 1996, ISBN 0-500-05080-5 , p. 184.