Antef (Herald)

Antef was a high ancient Egyptian official who lived under the reigning Queen Hatshepsut and her successor Thutmose III. officiated. Antef held the title of great herald of the king .

He is best known from his Theban grave TT155 and from a large stele with a long autobiographical inscription. The stele is now in the Louvre (C 26). Perhaps he was already in office under Thutmose II . At least it is on a document from the 5th year of Hatshepsut's reign, which also mentions Senenmut and the vizier Useramun . He is referred to here as Herald Antef. From his biographical inscription and from his grave it is clear that he was mainly responsible for the taxes from the Asian provinces and the organization of these provinces.

Not much is known about his family. He has various titles that connect him to Thinis . Maybe it is from there. The name of his wife is not known. One son was named Teti and was a temple scribe ; The name of a second son begins with amenu. One brother was named Ahmose.

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. 186–188 ( PDF file; 21.7 MB ; accessed from The Oriental Institute ).