Khnumibre

Khnumibre was a high ancient Egyptian official who lived and worked in the 26th Dynasty until the Persian period . He is best known from a number of inscriptions from the Wadi Hammamat .

In his inscriptions he bears two main titles: on the one hand he is “the head of all work in Lower and Upper Egypt ”, and on the other hand he is “head of all work in the whole country”. He is mentioned for the first time in an inscription dated the 44th (and final) year of Amasis' reign . This inscription names the "head of labor" Ahmose-sa-Neith and his eldest son Chnumibre, who is very likely to be these officials. Ahmose-sa-Neith, who served as a high official under King (Pharaoh) Amasis, obviously used the throne name of his ruler as a guide when naming his son .

More than 30 years later Chnumibre is by several inscriptions in Wadi Hammamat is that under the Persian king I. Darius emerged. They date to the years 495, 494 and 492 BC. An altar comes from Koptos , on which he also bears some priestly titles. A seal with his name comes from Memphis .

literature

Jean Yoyotte : The Egyptian Statue of Darius. In: Jean Perrot (Ed.): The Palace of Darius at Susa. The great royal residence of Achaemenid Persia. Tauris, London 2013, ISBN 978-1-84885-621-9 , pp. 252-254.

Individual evidence

↑ Illustration of the cartridge: Jean Yoyotte: The Egyptian Statue of Darius. London 2013, p. 253.
^ Peter A. Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2006, ISBN 978-0-500-28628-9 , p. 195: Translation of the identical throne name of Amasis : He Who Embraces the Heart of Re Forever .

personal data
SURNAME	Khnumibre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC Chr.

[1] Illustration of the cartridge: Jean Yoyotte: The Egyptian Statue of Darius. London 2013, p. 253.

[2] Peter A. Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2006, ISBN 978-0-500-28628-9 , p. 195: Translation of the identical throne name of Amasis : He Who Embraces the Heart of Re Forever .