Amenhotep (senior asset manager)

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Obelisk of Hatshepsut, which Amenhotep built

Amenhotep was a high ancient Egyptian official who served under the reigning Queen Hatshepsut . His most important title was upper asset manager , with which he administered the royal domains.

Amenhotep may have been put into office around the ninth year of government. The end of his term of office is not certain, but there are no indications that he was under Hatshepsut's successor, Thutmose III. was still in office. His name has been destroyed on many monuments, suggesting that he fell out of favor at the end of his career. Amenhotep is best known for his Theban tomb ( TT73 ) and a number of rock inscriptions from the Aswan area. Both sources indicate that the main event of his career was the making and erection of a pair of obelisks . These are probably the obelisks, which other sources are known to have been erected in the 16th year of the ruler's reign. At that time, Amenhotep received the title of Director of Work on the Two Great Obelisks for the House of Amun .

Not much is known about Amenhotep's origins and family. His father was called Teti, his mother's name has not been passed down. Amenemipet was his wife. Two sons are known by name: Neferhotep and Amenemhat. They were both high priests of the Anuket . Another son was perhaps the chief asset manager Kenamun , but this connection has not been established and is also disputed in research. Kenamun's father was also called Amenhotep, his mother Amenemipet.

literature

  • JJ Shirley: The Power of the Elite: The Officials of Hatshepsut's Regency and Coregency. In: José M. Galán, Betsy M. Bryan, Peter F. Dorman (Eds.): Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut. Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop (= Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization. (SAOC), number 69). The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago , Chicago 2014, ISBN 978-1-61491-024-4 , pp. 205–208 ( PDF file; 21.7 MB ; retrieved from The Oriental Institute ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JJ Shirley: The Power of the Elite: The Officials of Hatshepsut's Regency and Coregency. 2014, p. 207, footnote 120.
personal data
SURNAME Amenhotep
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amenhotep, Imenhotep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senior asset manager in ancient Egypt at the time of the New Kingdom
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 15th century BC Chr.