Mayor of Memphis
| Mayor of Memphis in hieroglyphics | |||||||
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Hati-a-en-Men-nefer Ḥ3.tj- ˁ-n-Mn-nfr Mayor of Memphis |
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The Mayor of Memphis was one of the most important local officials in the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom . Memphis was again the administrative seat of Egypt since the 18th dynasty and thus one of the most important cities in the country.
Since the New Kingdom one of the main tasks of the mayor has also been the management of the surrounding Gau Inbu-hedj .
The following list is sure to have numerous loopholes. The title “ Mayor of Memphis ” appears in different variations and it is not certain whether this reflects different functions of the public officials, or whether these are just playful variations.
New kingdom
| Surname | Dating | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Humes | Thutmose III. | |
| Mencheper | Has been buried in Thebes. | |
| Kenamun | Amenhotep II | |
| Heby | Amenhotep III | He was the father of the vizier Ramose and the " chief asset manager in Memphis " Amenhotep . |
| Herunefer | ||
| Examine | Akhenaten | |
| Sakeh | Tutankhamun - haremhab | |
| Neferhotep | Seti I. | |
| Ptahmosis | Ramses ii | |
| Amenhotep | Ramses ii | |
| Tel | ||
| Ramsesemhab | calls himself " Great Mayor of Memphis " |
literature
- Jaromír Málek : The Saqqara statues of Ptahmose, mayor of the Memphite suburbs. In: Revue d'Égyptologie. Vol. 38, 1987, ISSN 0035-1849 , pp. 117-137, here pp. 135-136, doi: 10.2143 / RE.38.0.2011637 .