Amenemhat was a
Nubian official under
Hatshepsut and
Thutmosis III. He was ''chief of Teh-khet'' and was therefore a governor ruling a region in
Lower Nubia for the Egyptian state. In the
New Kingdom
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, Egyptian kings had conquered Lower Nubia. To secure control over the new region they appointed people of the local elite as governors. Teh-khet was a Nubian region that covered the area about
Debeira and Serra. The local governors here formed a family, while the governor proper held the title ''chief of Teh-khet''.
Amenemhat is known from several monuments. A statue found at
Buhen indicates that he started his career as a simple ''scribe'' under king
Thutmosis I before he followed his brother in office. He was probably appointed during the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III. Amenemhat was the son of the ''chief of Teh-khet''
Ruiu, while his brother
Djehutyhotep followed Ruiu in office and was followed then by Amenemhat himself.
Amenemhat's tomb was discovered on the West Bank of the Nile in the
Debeira district.
[Carolin Johansson, ''Digital Reconstruction of the Archaeological Landscape in the Concession Area of the Scandinavian Joint Expedition to Sudanese Nubia (1961–1964)'', Degree project in Egyptology/Examensarbete i Egyptologi, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, Feb 2014, p 27, Retrieved from Academia.com]
The tomb's superstructure included a mud brick-built structure with a pyramid in the middle. Within the pyramid there was an offering chapel. In front of the pyramid was a courtyard.
In the underground burial chambers were found different objects, including coffins and
canopic jars. The latter bear the name Paitsy, which is the second name of Djehutyhotep; the brother of Amenememhat. Djehutyhotep might have been buried here.
[ Torgny Säve-Söderbergh: ''New Kingdom Pharaonic Sites, The Finds and the Sites'', The Scandinavian Joint Expedition to Sudaneses Nubia, Volume 5:2, Uppsala 1991, {{ISBN, 9170810303, pp. 182-190]
References
History of Nubia
Officials of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt