Miscellanea on Viceroys of Kush and their Assistants Buried in Draʿ Abu El-Naga', South.
1976; American Research Center in Egypt; Volume: 13; Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/40001123
ISSN2330-1880
Autores Tópico(s)Biblical Studies and Interpretation
ResumoAt the beginning of the New Kingdom, the pharaohs, realizing the importance of the land of Nubia to Egypt's economic and political well-being, for the first time appointed officials to be in charge of that land. These officials, first called 'kings' sons', then kings' sons of Kush, were second to the king and, in some periods, were in charge, not only of Nubia, but also of a part of southern Upper Egypt. Pharaohs came, in this period, from Thebes, and made it their capital. It was natural, then, that many of these important officials also came from the same town. Of these the following were undoubtedly buried in its necropolis : 1. Huy, viceroy of Tutankhamen, tomb No. 40 in Qurnet Mura'i; 2. Mermose, viceroy of Amenophis III, tomb No. 383, in Qurnet Mura'i; 3. 'Anhotep, viceroy of Ramesses II (?), tomb No. 300, in Dra'Abu el-Naga', South; 4. Setau, viceroy of Ramesses II, tomb No. 289, Dra' Abu el-Naga', South; More were buried there, but the exact positions of their tombs are still unknown; these are: 5. Turo, viceroy of Amenophis I and Tuthmosis I. A statue of him was encountered at Deir el-Bahari; but more important are the funerary cones with his names discovered in the Theban Necropolis.1 6. Seni, who served Tuthmosis I-Hatshepsut. He was the governor of the Southern City (Thebes) and some of his cones were also found.2 7. Nehi, viceroy of Tuthmosis III, whose tomb was seen by early travellers, but lost sight of. His sarcophagus and pyramidion were discovered in Thebes3., and a ushabti of his was unearthed behind the Ramesseum.4
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