Menkheperraseneb I was a high official under the reign of king (

pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the ...

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Thutmose III Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from 2 ...

and

Amenhotep II Amenhotep II (sometimes called ''Amenophis II'' and meaning '' Amun is Satisfied'') was the seventh pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Amenhotep inherited a vast kingdom from his father Thutmose III, and held it by means of a few milit ...

. He was a

High Priest of Amun The High Priest of Amun or First Prophet of Amun ('' ḥm nṯr tpj n jmn'') was the highest-ranking priest in the priesthood of the ancient Egyptian god Amun. The first high priests of Amun appear in the New Kingdom of Egypt, at the beginning ...

and therefore the most important religious official in his days.

Identity

Menkheperraseneb was a son of the High Priest of Amun, ''Min-nakht'' (or ''Nakht-Min''). Most possibly, as it was commonly

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in Ancient Egypt, he inherited his offices and ranks from his father. Menkheperraseneb was married to a woman named ''Ta-nj-Iwnw'' (also read ''Ta-Iwnw''). More details about his family are not known.Eric H. Cline, David B. O'Connor: ''Thutmose III: A New Biography''. University of Michigan Press, 2006 , p. 82-85, 106 & 108-110.

Office and Career

Menkheperraseneb held high official positions, he was ''Member of the elite'', ''Hereditary noble'', ''Mayor'', ''Royal seal-bearer'', ''Overseer of the king's granaries'', ''Overseer of the foreign lands'', ''Eye of the treasure house'' and ''High Priest of Amun''. His tomb inscription shows Menkheperraseneb in several scenes as he supervises the arrival of delegations from Crete, Hatti and Syria. The visitors bring precious trade ware, such as carpets, donkeys and other stuff.Michael Rice: ''Who's Who in Ancient Egypt''. Routeledge, London (UK) 2003, , p. 108-109.

Tomb

Menkheperraseneb I. was buried in Thebes, in the tomb TT86. Until recently, it was believed that Menkheperraseneb was the owner of two tombs, TT86 and TT112, but Egyptologist

Peter Dorman Peter FitzGerald Dorman (born 1948) is an epigrapher, philologist, and Egyptologist. Recently a professor of history and archaeology at the American University of Beirut (AUB), he served as the 15th President of the university from 2008 to 2015. ...

was able to show genealogical discrepancies within the family trees around Menkheperraseneb. The tomb inscriptions of TT86 reveal that Menkheperraseneb had a nephew, who was also called ''Menkheperraseneb'', but married to a different woman, ''Nebet-ta''. Thus, Menkheperraseneb I was obviously interred in TT86 and

Menkheperreseneb II Menkheperreseneb II was a ''High Priest of Amun'', ''Superintendent of the Gold and silver treasuries'', and ''Chief of the Overseers of Craftsmen''. He served at the time of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, and may have been buried in his Theban t ...

in TT112. File:TT86.jpg, Plan of TT86 File:TT112.jpg, Plan of TT112 File:Foreigners, Tomb of Menkheperraseneb MET DP161251.jpg, A painting from TT86 depicting foreign delegates bearing tribute File:Maler der Grabkammer des Mencheperrêsonb 001.jpg, A painting from TT86 depicting a foreign man carrying a vase File:Menkheperraseneb 01.JPG, Bases of funerary cones of Menkheperraseneb

References

{{authority control 14th-century BC clergy Priests of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Officials of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Theban High Priests of Amun Ancient Egyptian overseers of foreign lands