Heqanefer
Heqanefer (also Hekanefer) was an
Toshka. Here he is depicted as Egyptian.[1]
Heqanefer is also depicted in the tomb Viceroy of Kush Amenhotep called Huy (TT40). Here he appears in a Nubian delegation and is shown fully as dark skinned Nubian in Nubian costume.[2] The viceroy of Kush was evidently the highest official in the Nubian provinces, while Heqanefer was in the hierarchy under him. Other Nubian officials are shown in the tomb too, but Heqanefer is the only one named, providing evidence that he was of special importance. The two totally different appearances of Heqanefer at home and in Egypt caused some discussion in Egyptology about local identities in Nubia.[3]
References
- ^ William Kelly Simpson: Heka-Nefer and the Dynastic Material from Toshka and Arminna, New Haven and Philadelphia, 1963
- ^ N.d.G. Davies/A.H. Gardiner: The Tomb of Huy, Viceroy of Nubia in the Reign of Tutankhamun (no. 40) (The Theban Tombs Series, Memoir 4), London, 1926, pl. 26
- ISBN 978-3-943955-60-6, pp. 767-779