Anchefenchons
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Anchefenchons (Anch ef en Chons) ˁnḫ = fn H̱nsw His life belonging to Chons / His life force belonging to Chons |
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Anchefenchons (also: Anch-ef-en-Chons or Ankhafnakhonsu) was high priest of the month and "herald" of Thebes and in the 25th Dynasty ( Third Intermediate Period ) around 680/70 BC. Lived. His father Basenmut had the same title.
His grave
His burial was found in 1858 by Auguste Mariette during an excavation in the valley of Deir el-Bahari in the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut . The funeral was part of a mass burial of numerous priests of the month and their family members. Anchefenchons lay in a box and two anthropoid coffins.
Among his grave goods was also the stele of the Anchefenchon , which became known in the new religious movement Thelema as the "Stele of Revelation".
literature
- Alexandre Moret : Sarcophages de l'époque Bubastite à l'époque Saïte (= Catalog Général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. 41001-41041). Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1912, pp. 1–38, several: I-VI.
- Henri Gauthier: Cercueils anthropoïdes des Prêtres de Montou (= Catalog Général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. 41042-41072). Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1912–1913, pp. 1–30, several: I-III.
Web links
- Texts and pictures about Anchefenchons (English and French) ( Memento from August 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Anchefenchons |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ankhafnakhonsu; Ankh-fn-Khonsu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | High Priest in Thebes |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century BC Chr. |