Ankhkherednefer ( egy, ˁnḫ ẖrd nfr, lit='The beautiful child lives') (name formerly read as Ankhrenepnefer, or Ankhsherynefer) was an ancient Egyptian official known from a block statue found in the

Tell el-Maskhuta Pithom ( Ancient Egyptian: ; Hebrew: ; Ancient Greek: or ) was an ancient city of Egypt. Multiple references in ancient Greek, Roman, and Hebrew Bible sources exist for this city, but its exact location remains somewhat uncertain. A number ...

(perhaps ancient

Pithom Pithom ( Ancient Egyptian: ; Hebrew: ; Ancient Greek: or ) was an ancient city of Egypt. Multiple references in ancient Greek, Roman, and Hebrew Bible sources exist for this city, but its exact location remains somewhat uncertain. A number o ...

). The statue, made of red granite is now in the

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(BM 1007).

Biography

Ankhkherednefer served under king

Osorkon II Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon II was the fifth king of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and the son of King Takelot I and Queen Kapes. He ruled Egypt from approximately 872 BC to 837 BC from Tanis, the capital of that dynasty. After ...

whose name appears on the statue. On the statue he bears the titles: ''Great Inspector of the Palace''; ''Good scribe of the Temple of

Atum Atum (, Egyptian: ''jtm(w)'' or ''tm(w)'', ''reconstructed'' ; Coptic ''Atoum''), sometimes rendered as Atem or Tem, is an important deity in Egyptian mythology. Name Atum's name is thought to be derived from the verb ''tm'' which means 'to c ...

, Lord of Tura'' and ''Supreme Lieutenant of the Pharaoh''.

References

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Literature

* Edouard Naville: ''The Store-city of Pithom and the Route of the Exodus'', London, 1885, S. 13-14 with English translations of the texts, Frontispice, Text on plate IV)
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: ''Ägyptische Biographien der 22. und 23. Dynasstie, Teil 1'', Wiesbaden 1985, S. 269-71 *Karl Jansen-Winkeln: ''Inschriften der Spätzeit, Bd. II: Die 22.-24. Dynastie'', Wiesbaden, 2007, S. 126-127

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Statue of Ankhkheerednefer

British Museum: Statue of Ankhkheerednefer
People of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt 9th-century BC people