Amenemhat (High Priest of Amun)

See Amenemhat (disambiguation), for other individuals with this name.
Amenemhat
High Priest of Amun
Predecessor Menkheperreseneb II
Successor Mery (High Priest of Amun)
Dynasty 18th Dynasty
Pharaoh Amenhotep II
Father Djehutyhotep, wab-priest and Overseer of the sandal makers
Burial Thebes, TT 97

Amenemhat was a High Priest of Amun from the time of Amenhotep II.

He was probably buried in TT97 in Qurna (Thebes). Amenemhat was the son of the wab-priest and Overseer of the sandal makers of Amun Djehutyhotep. A funerary cone exists in the collection of University College, London: UC 37551. [1] Funerary cones of the First Prophet of Amun Amenemhet are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.[2] Amenemhet, high priest of Amun in Karnak left an inscription outlining his career at Gebel el-Silsila.[3]

References

  1. http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/thebes/archive/uc37551.gif
  2. C. W. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt II, pg. 147
  3. O’Conner and Cline (eds), Thutmose III: A New Biography, pg. 157
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