Merymose, also Mermose or Merimes, was a

Viceroy of Kush The former Kingdom of Kerma in Nubia, was a province of ancient Egypt from the 16th century BCE to eleventh century BCE. During this period, the polity was ruled by a viceroy who reported directly to the Egyptian Pharaoh. It is believed that the ...

under Amenhotep III. He served for almost the entire four decades of that reign. His titles included: King's son (of Kush), Overseer of the Southern Lands, Overseer of the Gold Lands of Amun, King's Scribe, Overseer of the King's Scribes, Overseer of the Treasury, and Steward of the Peasantry (?)The Viceroys of Ethiopia (II) by George A. Reisner The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 6, No. 1. (Jan., 1920), pp. 73-88. Merymose likely accompanied Amenhotep III in year 5 on his campaign against

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. It is possible that at a later time Merymose led a campaign against the people of an area called Ibhet. The people of Ibhet had resisted Egyptian domination and may have even attacked some Egyptian interests. Merymose led an attack against the

Nubians Nubians () ( Nobiin: ''Nobī,'' ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the region which is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt. They originate from the early inhabitants of the central Nile valley, believed to be one of the earliest cradles of ...

. He killed 312 Nubians and captured 740 prisoners.

People associated with Merymose

*Amenemopet, “Scribe of the letters of the king's son". Amenemopet continued to serve under the next Viceroy, and by the reign of

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he had become an "adjudant of Kush".O'Connor and Cline, Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, Univ. of Michigan Press, 2001 *Huy (or Huwy), “Scribe of the letters of the king's son". Huy may be identical to the Viceroy of the same name under Tutankhamen. *Nakhtu, “Servant of the King’s Son” *Amenemwia, “

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of the King's Son of Kush Merymose.” Known from a stela. Topographical Bibliography Vol VIII, retrieved fro
Griffith Institute website
May 2010 *Penmiam, scribe, shown on a stela appearing before a seated Merymose.

Burial

Merymose was buried in TT383 in

Qurnet Murai Qurnet Murai is a necropolis located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Egypt, just to the south of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. It was also used as a cemetery for officials of the New Kingdom administration in Thebes. Tombs at Qurnet Murai * TT4 ...

( Thebes).Porter,B. and Moss R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings: The Theban Necropolis, Part One: Private Tombs. Second Edition. Griffith Institute. Oxford. 1994 Merymose was buried in three anthropoid sarcophagi. The stone for these sarcophagi comes from either

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or from Kush. The fragments are spread over several different locations: the

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, the

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and

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. File:SarcophagusOfTheVizierMerymose(Side)-BritishMuseum-August21-08.jpg, The sarcophagus of Merymose File:TombosMerymoseStela.jpg, Stela of Merymose at

Tombos (Nubia) Tombos or Tumbus is an archaeological site in northern Sudan, including Tombos island and the nearby riverbank area. Tombos is located at the Third Cataract of the Nile and on the northern margin of the Dongola Reach, not far from Kerma. The occu ...

adoring the

cartouche In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the f ...

of Amenhotep III

References

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