Ameny was an ancient Egyptian
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 ...
who lived at the end of the
Twelfth Dynasty
The Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty XII) is considered to be the apex of the Middle Kingdom by Egyptologists. It often is combined with the Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth dynasties under the group title, Middle Kingdom. Some s ...
.
Ameny is only known from rock inscriptions near
Aswan
Aswan (, also ; ar, أسوان, ʾAswān ; cop, Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ ) is a city in Southern Egypt, and is the capital of the Aswan Governorate.
Aswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the Aswan Dam on the east bank of the ...
in
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south.
In ancient ...
. Here many officials of the region but also court officials passing by on missions carved texts into the rocks, that often name their titles and family members. Amneny bears here the titles ''overseer of the city'' and ''vizier''. His wife Sehetepibre-Nehy is mentioned in the inscriptions and she is known from other monuments as the daughter of the ''overseer of troops'' Ameny who lived for sure under
Senusret III
Khakaure Senusret III (also written as Senwosret III or the hellenised form, Sesostris III) was a pharaoh of Egypt. He ruled from 1878 BC to 1839 BC during a time of great power and prosperity, and was the fifth king of the Twelfth Dynasty of the ...
or
Amenemhat III
:''See Amenemhat, for other individuals with this name.''
Amenemhat III ( Ancient Egyptian: ''Ỉmn-m-hꜣt'' meaning 'Amun is at the forefront'), also known as Amenemhet III, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the sixth king of the Twelfth Dy ...
providing also a date for the vizier Ameny.
[ Herman de Meulenaere: ''Contributions à la prosopographie du moyen empire'', in BIFAO 81.1 (1981), pp. 77-7]
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References
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Ameny on ''Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom''
Ancient Egyptian overseers of the city
Viziers of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt