| Merymose Viceroy of Kush |
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Viceroy Merymose at Konosso (from Lepsius Denkmahler) |
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| Predecessor | Amenhotep |
| Successor | Tuthmosis |
| Dynasty | 18th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Amenhotep III |
| Burial | TT 383 in Qurnet Murrai (Thebes) |
| Merymose in hieroglyphs |
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Merymose (Mermose) was a Viceroy of Kush under Amenhotep III. He served for almost the entire four decades of that reign.
His titles included: King's son (of Kush), Overseer of the Southern Lands, Overseer of the Gold Lands of Amun, King's Scribe, Overseer of the King's Scribes, Overseer of the Treasury, and Steward of the Peasantry (?)[1]
Merymose likely accompanied Amenhotep III in year 5 on his campaign against Kush. It is possible that at a later time Merymose led a campaign against the people of an area called Ibhet. The people of Ibhet had resisted Egyptian domination and may have even attacked some Egyptian interests. Merymose led an attack against the Nubians. He killed 312 Nubians and captured 740 prisoners.[2]
Merymose was buried in TT 383 in Qurnet Murrai (Thebes).[4]
Merymose was buried in three anthropoid sarcophagi. The stone for these sarcophagi comes from either Upper Egypt or from Kush. The fragments are spread over several different locations: the British Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Vassar College.[3]