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n provinces. Amenhotep was probably in office under

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. Amenhotep appears with his main title in a rock inscription on the island of

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. Here he also bears the titles " overseer of the cattle of Amun," "overseer of works in Upper and Lower Egypt," "chief of the stalls of his majesty," "overseer of the southern foreign lands" and "king's scribe." The inscription is not dated by a king's name. However, there is a stela in the

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belonging to a "king's son, overseer of the cattle of Amun and confidant of Kush," perhaps belonging to the same person. The stela includes the names of king Thutmosis IV. If both monuments belong to the same person, Amenhotep was in office under this king. Amenhotep is also known from a statue found at Deir el Medineh.

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: ''Urkunden der 18. Dynastie'', Vol. 18, Berlin 1956, pp. 1635-1637 (list of all monuments
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amenhotep Ancient Egyptian overseers of foreign lands Viceroys of Kush Officials of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian overseers of the cattle