Sennefer

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Sennefer in hieroglyphics
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Sennefer , sometimes also Senneferi, was a treasurer ( Imj-r3-ḫtm.t ) under the ancient Egyptian ruler Thutmose III. (around 1483 BC to 1425 BC).

Sennefer is best known from his heavily devastated grave complex in Theben-West ( TT99 ). He was the son of the head of the office of Watet-Hor Chaydjehuty and the Satdjehuty. His wife's name was Taimau, otherwise there is another daughter known from his family by the name of Renena. Sennefer also appears on a papyrus . It is an administrative charter that Sennefer dated to the year 32 of Thutmose III. dated. This is the only firmly dated document from the treasurer. In addition, he is behind Thutmose III. depicted on a relief on the Sinai .

He succeeded Tay in office, which is dated into the third year of Thutmose III's reign in the office of treasurer. He began his career as top speaker (r3-Hry), was then appointed treasurer and head of the double barn and at the end of his career was appointed prince educator .

Other monuments of Sennefer are various statues and a chapel at Jabal as-Silsila , which was probably usurped by an official under Hatshepsut .

literature

  • Wolfgang Helck : The dating of the treasurer Sennefer. In: Göttinger Miszellen , 43 (1981), 39-41.
  • Bertha Porter , Rosalind Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings II. Theban Temples, Oxford, 1972, pp. 204ff.

Individual evidence

  1. Louvre E3226
  2. ^ 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 , p. 230 PDF file; 21.7 MB ; Retrieved from The Oriental Institute on December 23, 2017.
  3. ^ JJ Shirley: The Power of the Elite: The Officials of Hatshepsut's Regency and Coregency. 2014, pp. 231–232.