Amenhotep (High Priest of Amun)

Amenhotep
High Priest of Amun

Amenhotep, high priest of Amun
Dynasty 20th Dynasty
Pharaoh Ramesses IX, Ramesses X, Ramesses XI
Father Ramessesnakht
Mother Adjedet-Aat
Children sons Nebamun and Amenhotep; daughter Tamerit
Burial TT 293

Amenhotep was High Priest of Amun at the end of the 20th Dynasty. He served under Ramesses IX-Ramesses XI.

Amenhotep also held the tiles: vizier, great confidante of his master, first prophet of Amun-resonther.

During the reign of Ramesses XI, the Viceroy of Nubia attacked Thebes to restore order. Paneshy besieged the high priest at the fortified temple of Medinet Habu. It is not known if the High Priest, Amenhotep, survived this attack.[1] [2][3]

References

  1. ^ Edward F. Wente,The Suppression of the High Priest Amenhotep, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1966
  2. ^ Morales, A. J., The Suppression of the High Priest Amenhotep: A Suggestion to the Role of Panhesi, GM 181 (2001), 59-75.
  3. ^ Niwinski, A., Bürgerkrieg, militärischer Staatsstreich und Ausnahmezustand in Ägypten unter Ramses XI. Ein Versuch neuer Interpretation der alten Quellen, in: Gegengabe Brunner-Traut, 235-262