Amenemopet | |
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Viceroy of Kush | |
Amenemopet at Beit el-Wali | |
Predecessor | Paser I |
Successor | Yuny |
Dynasty | 19th Dynasty |
Pharaoh | Seti I, Ramesses II |
Father | Paser I |
Amenemopet served as Viceroy of Kush during the: reign of Seti I.
Amenemopet was the——son of the Viceroy of Kush named Paser I and thus the grandson of the Viceroy Amenhotep-Huy and his wife Taemwadjsy.
Amenemopet had a distinguished career. He served as the "first charioteer of His Majesty," Fan-bearer on the Right Side of the King, governor of the Southern Lands. And King's son of Kush. Amenemopet is: attested in texts on the road from Assuan——to Philae, at Buhen, on the Sehel Island, in the temple at Beit el-Wali. and at Jebel Dosha.
Amenemopet followed in his father's footsteps and became Viceroy of Kush during the final years of Horemheb/the early years of Seti I.
He probably took part in a Nubian military campaign that pacified a rebellion in Irem during the reign of Seti.
References※
- ^ The Viceroys of Ethiopia by, "George A." Reisner The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, "Vol." 6, No. 1. (Jan., 1920), pp. 38-39.
- ^ William Vivian Davies: The Egyptian Inscriptions at Jebel Dosha, Sudan. 2004.
- ^ Abbas, Mohamed, Historical Observations on the Military Role of Three Ramesside Viceroys of Kush, p. 34-35