Amenhotep was an ancient Egyptian official and ''chief physician'' of the early 19th Dynasty. He is mainly known from his decorated tomb chapel that was excavated in 1913–14 by Ahmed Bey Kamal at

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, in

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. Amenhotep hold several titles, such as ''king's scribe'', ''chief lector priest'', ''overseer of wab priests of

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'' and ''chief physician''. His wife is depicted in the tomb chapel. She was the ''song-tress of

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'' and ''song-tress of

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'' Renenutet. His son

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is known from a statue found not far away and was also ''overseer of wab priests of Sakhmet'' and ''chief physician''. The grandson Khay also hold the latter position. The tomb chapel of Amenhotep was once relatively small, perhaps once only three meters long, 1.52 meter wide and 2.40 meter high. The ceiling was vaulted. The walls are decorated with a combination of painted, raised and sunken relief. The workmanship is of highest quality. On the back wall, Amenhotep is shown twice sitting at an offering table. On a second, higher

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he is shown twice in front of

Osiris Osiris (, from Egyptian ''wsjr'', cop, ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ , ; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎𐤓, romanized: ʾsr) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was ...

. On the right side of the chapel he is again shown in front of Osiris in the judgement scene. On the left wall, Amenhotep and his family are shown guided by

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to the sun god Ra and

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. The chapel was found well preserved and even substantial remains of the colouring remained. Today the fragments are in different collections. Substantial parts of the back and the right wall are in the

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, main parts of the left wall are in the

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.Leonard C. Hann Jr. Fund, 1963.100; Berman: ''Catalogue of Egyptian Art'', 250-252

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