Samonth

Samonth in hieroglyphics
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Samonth , also Zamonth , was an ancient Egyptian vizier of the Middle Kingdom .

supporting documents

As a vizier, Samonth is known from two steles . One of the two steles is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (CGC 20102) and names the vizier's family, including his son, who was the priest of Amun . His wife was named Henutpu. This is the name of the mother of the vizier Anchu , who may have been the son of Samonth.

In inscriptions in Lower Nubia a Samonth appears, which is perhaps identical to the vizier, but bears different titles, so that these inscriptions can be dated to the time before the promotion to vizier. The identification takes place via the mother Satip. These inscriptions date from the 6th and 9th year of the reign of Amenemhet III. Samonth bears the title " True King Known " and official, mouth of Nechen . There are reports of a campaign in Nubia in which there was no death. Apparently it is a punitive expedition on a small scale.

Individual evidence

↑ Labib Habachi : The Family of the Vizier Ibiˁ aca and his place among the Viziers of the Thirteenth Dynasty. In: Studies on ancient Egyptian culture. Vol. 11, 1984, ISSN 0340-2215 , pp. 113-126, here p. 123.
^ Fritz Hintze, Walter F. Reineke : Rock inscriptions from the Sudanese Nubia (= publication of the Nubia Expedition 1961–1963. Vol. 1). Volume 1: Text. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-05-000369-3 , pp. 144-146.

personal data
SURNAME	Samonth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zamonth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian vizier
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1800 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 1800 BC Chr.

[1] Labib Habachi : The Family of the Vizier Ibiˁ aca and his place among the Viziers of the Thirteenth Dynasty. In: Studies on ancient Egyptian culture. Vol. 11, 1984, ISSN 0340-2215 , pp. 113-126, here p. 123.

[2] Fritz Hintze, Walter F. Reineke : Rock inscriptions from the Sudanese Nubia (= publication of the Nubia Expedition 1961–1963. Vol. 1). Volume 1: Text. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-05-000369-3 , pp. 144-146.