Amenemhat (High Priest of Amun)
Amenemhat was an ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun at Karnak, during the reign of pharaoh Amenhotep II of the 18th Dynasty.
- 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 |
| Burial | Thebes, TT97 |
A son of the wab-priest and "Overseer of the sandal makers of Amun", Djehutyhotep, Amenemhat is attested by several funerary cones now exhibited at the University College, London (UC 37551)[1] and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;[2] he also left an inscription outlining his career at Gebel el-Silsila.[3]
He was probably buried in TT97 at Qurna, near Thebes.
References
- "UC 37551". University College London.
- C. W. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt II, pg. 147
- O’Connor and Cline (eds), Thutmose III: A New Biography, pg. 157
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