Minmontu

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Minmontu
High Priest of Amun
Dynasty
18th Dynasty
PharaohAhmose I
BurialThebes
R23
R12
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n
V13
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Minmontu[1]
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Minmontu (mn.w-mnṯ.w) was a

18th Dynasty
).

Minmontu is known from a funerary cone (UC37666) from Thebes, now at University College London.[2]

A heart scarab of Minmontu called Senres is in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.[3]

Tomb

During an excavation campaign in 2005, about 250

archaeologists assigned to Minmontu, the High Priest of Amun during the reign of Amenophis I. The cones were found in the forecourt of tomb TT232, which can be identified as his tomb.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935. vol. I. p.152
  2. ^ http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/thebes/archive/uc37666.gif | UC37666
  3. ^ http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.com/record.aspx?id=4768%7C Global Egyptian Museum
  4. ^ "5 ذراع أبو النجا". Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.