Simut

Simut in hieroglyphics
	Simut hunting, wall painting from his grave

Simut , also Samut ( son of courage ), was an ancient Egyptian priest who lived under King ( Pharaoh ) Amenophis III. (ruled around 1388 to around 1351 BC) lived and officiated in the 18th dynasty . At the end of his career he was second priest of Amun and probably succeeded Aanen in this office . On a statue that is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, he is a Wab priest and porter before Amun. This is the documented beginning of his career. On a statue that is now in Brussels and on a block from Malqata , he is attested as the fourth priest of Amun , an office he held before his promotion to second priest of Amun . Other important titles of Simut were the first king's son of Amun , royal sealer , head of the gold house and head of the treasury . His wife was named Baky. Simut is best known for his Theban tomb ( A24 ), which was visited at the beginning of the 19th century by John Gardner Wilkinson and Jean-François Champollion , who copied parts of the decoration. Today the location of the grave is unknown.

literature

Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss , Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I. The Theban Necropolis. Part 1. Private Tombs. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Griffith Institute / Ashmolean Museum , Oxford 1970, p. 454 ( PDF file; 21.9 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .

Individual evidence

^ Bertha Porter, Rosalind LB Moss, Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I., Part 1. 1970, p. 454.
^ John Gardner Wilkinson: The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. Volume II. New edition revised and corrected by Samuel Birch , Dodd, Meat and Company, New York 1878, p. 107, no. 365 ( PDF file; 36.6 MB ); Retrieved from Internet Archive on January 14, 2018.
↑ Lise Manniche: Lost Tombs. A study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Monuments in the Theban Necropolis. Kegan Paul International, London / New York 1988, ISBN 0-7103-0200-2 , pp. 93-99.

personal data
SURNAME	Simut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient egyptian priest
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century BC BC or 14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	14th century BC Chr.

[1] Bertha Porter, Rosalind LB Moss, Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I., Part 1. 1970, p. 454.

[2] John Gardner Wilkinson: The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. Volume II. New edition revised and corrected by Samuel Birch , Dodd, Meat and Company, New York 1878, p. 107, no. 365 ( PDF file; 36.6 MB ); Retrieved from Internet Archive on January 14, 2018.

[3] Lise Manniche: Lost Tombs. A study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Monuments in the Theban Necropolis. Kegan Paul International, London / New York 1988, ISBN 0-7103-0200-2 , pp. 93-99.