Amenhotep-Huy

For another Eighteenth Dynasty person with a very similar name, see Amenhotep called Huy.
Amenhotep-Huy
Vizier
Dynasty 18th Dynasty
Pharaoh Amenhotep III
Burial Thebes

Amenhotep-Huy was a Vizier of Ancient Egypt during the reign of Amenhotep III. Besides being Amenhotep III's Vizier, Amenhotep-Huy was also director of Upper and Lower Egypt and overseer of all the works of the King in Upper and Lower Egypt.[1]

Amenhotep
in hieroglyphs

Life and career

There were two Viziers at this time and Amenhotep-Huy served along side another vizier Ramose. It is not entirely clear who served as Vizier of northern Egypt and who served as Vizier of southern Egypt. Amenhotep-Huy is attested in both the north and the south. He is attested in inscriptions from Gebel el Silsila where he oversaw work in the sandstone quarry.[1]

Tomb and Burial

Amenhotep-Huy owned a tomb in the Theban necropolis.[1] This tomb was discovered in 1978 in El-Assasif, Thebes.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c O'Connor and Cline, Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign,University of Michigan Press, 2001
  2. ^ D. Eigner: Das thebanische Grab des Amenhotep, Wesir von Unterägypten: die Architektur. In: Mitteilungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts Kairo 39 (1983)