Mayor of Thebes

The mayor of Thebes was an ancient Egyptian official title that has been documented since the New Kingdom .

tasks

The holder of this title was the chief administrator of the city of Thebes in the 18th dynasty . He also carried the title of " barn chief of Amun " and was therefore also responsible for supplying the Theban temples. From the 19th dynasty onwards , he only administered the eastern half of the city, as a new office called " Mayor of Westtoben " was set up, but it was subordinate to the eastern mayor's office.

His tasks included a. also that of a judge , since mayors in the New Kingdom formed local courts of justice with the priests . He also accompanied the vizier or the Amun priest on inspection trips to the necropolis on the west bank.

He was the superior of the district commanders, of whom there were two in the north and two in the south of the city and who performed more police duties. His subordinates also included the district clerks ( "clerks (the spokesman) of the city administration area" ), of whom there were also two for each half of the city and two for the western part since the Ramesside period . There was also a “mayor's clerk” and a “mayor's deputy” with other clerks.

Ineni , Sennefer and Ptahmose were among the most famous mayors in the New Kingdom , and Montuemhat in the late period .

Title holder

New kingdom

Surname	Dating	Remarks
Tetiky	Ahmose
Seni	Amenhotep I - Thutmose II	Promoted to " Viceroy of Kush " under Thutmose I.
Ineni	Thutmose I. - Hatshepsut
Sauser	Thutmose III.	Sauser is mentioned only once in the Theban grave A4, which belongs to a scribe from the southern city , Wensu.
Sennefer	Amenhotep II
Kenamun	Amenhotep III	He was Sennefer's son-in-law and is buried in the Theban grave TT162 .
Ptahmosis	Amenhotep III	Also " vizier " and " high priest of Amun "
Amenemhab	Late 18th dynasty.
Roy	18th dynasty
Paser	Ramses ii
Haunefer	Ramses II - Merenptah
Amenemhet	19th dynasty
May	19th dynasty
Nefermenu	19th dynasty
Nebneheh	20th dynasty
Paser	Ramses III.
Amenmose	Ramses IV
Paser	Ramses IX.
Nesi Amenemope	Ramses XI.

Late period

Surname	Dating	Remarks
Karabasques	25th Dynasty
Nespath	25th Dynasty
Montuemhat	Psammetich I.
Basa	Psammetich I.
Pabasa	Psammetich I.	TT279
Padiamun	Psammetich I.
Patjenefi	Psammetich I.	TT128
Nesptah	Psammetich I.	Son of Montuemhat
Reemmaacheru	Psammetich I.
Ramose	Psammetich I.
Chonsirdes	Psammetich I.	Pedubast
Padihorresnet	Psammetich I. - Necho II.
Pedubast	Necho II.

literature

Wolfgang Helck : On the administration of the Middle and New Kingdom (= problems of Egyptology. Vol. 3). Brill, Leiden 1958, pp. 236-245.
Diana Alexandra Pressl: Officials and soldiers: the administration in the 26th dynasty in Egypt (664-525 BC). Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1998, p. 75, ISBN 3-631-32586-X .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Helck: Verwaltung , 1958, pp. 522-533.
^ Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German. The language of the pharaohs (2800-950 BC) (= cultural history of the ancient world. Vol. 64; Hannig-Lexica. Vol. 1). 3rd unchanged edition, von Zabern, Mainz 2001, p. 506.
^ W. Helck: For the administration of the Middle and New Reich. Leiden 1958, p. 237.
^ W. Helck: For the administration of the Middle and New Reich. Leiden 1958, pp. 237-238.
^ W. Helck: For the administration of the Middle and New Reich. Leiden 1958, pp. 243-245.
↑ Lise Manniche: Lost Tombs, A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Monuments in the Theban Necropolis , London, New York 1988, ISBN 0-7103-0200-2 , pp. 85-87
↑ Betsy Bryan: The 18th Dynasty before the Amarna Period , in Ian Shaw (Ed.): The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt , Oxford, New York 2000, ISBN 978-0-19-280458-7 , p. 263
↑ Lise Manniche: Lost Tombs, A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Monuments in the Theban Necropolis , London, New York 1988, ISBN 0-7103-0200-2 , pp. 47-49

[Helck-1] Helck: Verwaltung , 1958, pp. 522-533.

[2] Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German. The language of the pharaohs (2800-950 BC) (= cultural history of the ancient world. Vol. 64; Hannig-Lexica. Vol. 1). 3rd unchanged edition, von Zabern, Mainz 2001, p. 506.

[3] W. Helck: For the administration of the Middle and New Reich. Leiden 1958, p. 237.

[4] W. Helck: For the administration of the Middle and New Reich. Leiden 1958, pp. 237-238.

[5] W. Helck: For the administration of the Middle and New Reich. Leiden 1958, pp. 243-245.

[6] Lise Manniche: Lost Tombs, A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Monuments in the Theban Necropolis , London, New York 1988, ISBN 0-7103-0200-2 , pp. 85-87

[7] Betsy Bryan: The 18th Dynasty before the Amarna Period , in Ian Shaw (Ed.): The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt , Oxford, New York 2000, ISBN 978-0-19-280458-7 , p. 263

[8] Lise Manniche: Lost Tombs, A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Monuments in the Theban Necropolis , London, New York 1988, ISBN 0-7103-0200-2 , pp. 47-49