Amenemope (Viceroy of Kush)

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Low relief at the Gebel Dosha with Amenemope, moon god and Satet adoring.

Amenemope was viceroy of Kush of the 19th dynasty under Sethos I and Ramses II. He was the son of Paser I and grandson of Amenhotep-Huy , both also viceroys of Kush. Amenemope had a remarkable career. He served as a frond bearer on the right of the king , ruler of the southern lands and king's son of Kush .

He is known from several monuments and inscriptions: Near Philae , in Buhen , on the island of Sehel , in the temple of Bet el-Wali and on Gebel Doscha .

See also

Amenemope stele

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Viceroys of Ethiopia by George A. Reisner The Journal of Egyptian Archeology, Vol. 6, No. 1. (Jan. 1920), pp. 38-39.
  2. ^ WV Davies: The Egyptian Inscriptions at Jebel Dosha, Sudan. 2004.