Amenemipet called Pairy (sometimes Amenemopet called Pairy) was a
Vizier
A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was a ...
of
ancient Egypt.
He served during the reign of
Amenhotep II and
Tuthmosis IV.
Family
Amenemipet called Pairy was the son of Ahmose Humay and Nub. He was the cousin of
Sennefer, who is shown in Amenemipet's Theban tomb together with Sennefer's wife Senetnay. Amenemipet had at least one son named Paser, who is depicted in his Theban tomb.
[Bertha Porter and Rosalind L.B. Moss: ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings: The Theban Necropolis'', Part One: Private Tombs. Second Edition. Griffith Institute. Oxford 1994, , pp. 45-46]
Tombs and burial
Amenemipet called Pairy has a tomb chapel in
TT29
The Theban tomb TT29 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian noble Amenemopet called Pairy who was vizier and governor of ...
in
Abd el Qurna in Thebes.
His actual tomb was found in the
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings ( ar, وادي الملوك ; Late Coptic: ), also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings ( ar, وادي أبوا الملوك ), is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th ...
. Tomb
KV48 is an undecorated tomb in the western branch of the southwest
wadi
Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water onl ...
. It is located near
KV35
Tomb KV35 is the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep II located in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Later, it was used as a cache for other royal mummies. It was discovered by Victor Loret in March 1898.
Layout and history
It has a dog's leg shape, ...
, the tomb of
Amenhotep II whom Amenemipet served. The tomb contained among others some
shabtis belonging to Amenemipet.
Tomb 48
on the Theban Mapping Project page
References
Viziers of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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