Djehuty (High Priest of Amun)

Djehuty
ḏḥty "Thoth"
Funerary cone of Djehuty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (CC0)
Predecessor: None	High Priest of Amun	Successor: Minmontu
Dynasty	18th Dynasty
Pharaoh(s)	Ahmose II
Titles	High Priest of Amun Overseer of the Sealbearers
Burial	Theban Necropolis (?)

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Djehuty (transliteration: ḏḥty, meaning: "Thoth") was High Priest of Amun under Pharaoh Ahmose II of the Eighteenth Dynasty during the New Kingdom. He was the earliest known, and possibly the first, High Priest of Amun.

Attestation

Djehuty is known from a small number of funerary cones at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The cone is inscribed for "The First Prophet of Amun and Overseer of sealers, Djehuty." The funerary cones make mention of "The good God Neb-pehty-Re" (Ahmose). On some of the funerary cones Ahmose bears the throne name Heqatawy, that is not often attested for the king.

Burial

The whereabouts of Djehuty's tomb and mummy remain unknown.

Bibliography

• Harvey, S.P., 2007: King Heqatawy: notes on a forgotten eighteenth dynasty royal name. In: The archaeology and art of Ancient Egypt, Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor 1. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Cahiers 36, Cairo, p. 343-356.
• Hayes, W.C., 1978: The Scepter of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675–1080 B.C.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Predecessor: None

High Priest of Amun 18th Dynasty

Successor: Minmontu

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