| Menkheperreseneb I | |||||||
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"The Established Manifestation of Re is Healthy" | |||||||
 Second Prophet of Amun Menkheperreseneb, possibly Menkheperreseneb I in his previous career stage. (Public domain) | |||||||
| Predecessor: Hapuseneb |
High Priest of Amun | Successor: Menkheperreseneb II | |||||
| Dynasty | 18th Dynasty | ||||||
| Pharaoh(s) | Thutmose III | ||||||
| Titles | High Priest of Amun Second Prophet of Amun (?) Overseer of the Treasury Overseer of the Works Overseer of the Granary Royal Sealbearer | ||||||
| Father | Nakhtmin | ||||||
| Mother | Nebetta | ||||||
| Burial | TT86, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna | ||||||
- For other pages by this name, see Menkheperreseneb.
Menkheperreseneb II (transliteration: mn-ḫpr-rꜤ-snb, meaning: "The Established Manifestation of Re is Healthy") was High Priest of Amun and Superintendent of the Gold and Silver Treasuries under Pharaoh Thutmose III of the Eighteenth Dynasty during the New Kingdom.
Family[]
Menkheperreseneb I was a son of the Overseer of the Granary Nakhtmin[1] and the King's Nurse Nebetta.[2] Menkheperreseneb first became Overseer of the Granary like his father.[1] Until recently it was believed that there was only one High Priest of Amun called Menkheperreseneb. In 1994, however, Egyptologist Peter Dorman showed that there were actually two HPAs called Menkheperreseneb: Menkheperreseneb I was the uncle and predecessor of Menkheperreseneb II, who was the son of his brother Hepu and owner of tomb TT112.[3]
Attestation[]
There are many monuments bearing the name of a "High Priest of Amun Menkheperreseneb"; unfortunately, for almost all of these, it is not possible to determine whether they belonged to uncle or nephew. This is the case for numerous funerary cones scattered in many museums throughout the world, a vase from Saqqara, and a scarab upon which he is attested as the Overseer of the Crafts of Amun.[4]
A sitting statue of a Second Prophet of Amun Menkheperreseneb in the British Museum (BM 708) may refer to either Menkheperreseneb I or II in his previous career stage.[5] Moreover, another statue (Brooklyn Museum 36613), inscribed with the cartouches of Thutmose III, surely belongs to either Menkheperreseneb I or II.[5] In the Cairo Museum is an inscribed statue of a Priest of Amun Menkheperreseneb, son of Amenemhat (CG 42125), which was long attributed to either Menkheperreseneb I or II, now is likely to belong to a different individual.[3]
Burial[]
Menkheperreseneb I was buried in the TT86 rock-cut tomb at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Cline, E.H./O'Connor, D.B., (eds.) 2006: Thutmose III: A New Biography. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.
- Dorman, P., 1994: Two Tombs and One Owner. In: Thebanische Beamtennekropolen. Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altägyptens 12. Edited by: Assmann, J./Dziobek, E./Guksch, H./Kampp, F., Heidelberger Orientverlag, Heidelberg, p. 141-154.
- Fazzini, R.A., 1996: A Statue of a High Priest Menkheperreseneb in The Brooklyn Museum. In: Studies in honor of William Kelly Simpson, Vol. 1, p 209-225.
- 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: Hapuseneb |
High Priest of Amun 18th Dynasty |
Successor: Menkheperreseneb II |