Nebneteru Tenry

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Nebneteru Tenry
High Priest of Amun
19th Dynasty
PharaohSeti I
WifeMerytre
ChildrenPaser, Titi(a)
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Nebneteru called Tjenry
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Nebneteru Tenry (or Nebneteru Tjenry) was an ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun under Seti I.

Family

Nebneteru's wife Merytre was "Chief of the Harem of

Paser. They are mentioned in TT106, the tomb of Paser, "Governor of the Town" and Vizier as well as on statues belonging to him.[1]

Another son of Nebneteru Tjenry and Merytre is mentioned in the tomb of Paser. A man by the name of Titi(a), "Steward in the temple of Maat" is shown. Nebneteru's in-laws are mentioned as well. Merytre was the daughter of Aniy and born of the lady Nuia.

On a statue of Paser from

Heliopolis" (i.e. Thebes) and "Sem–Priest in the Temple of Ptah".[1]

The stamped text on a

National Archaeological Museum of Florence
(inv. no. 2641) reads:

r-pat hAty-a n niwt PAsr mAa-xrw sA tpy n Hm nTr Imn NbnTrw Dd-f Tnry
Hereditary Prince and Count, Paser, justified, son of the First Prophet of Amun, Nebneteru, called Tjenry

References

  1. ^ a b Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume III, Blackwell Publishers, 1996, pg 11