Penthu
| Penthu | |
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| Chief of Physicians | |
| Dynasty | 18th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Akhenaten |
| Burial | Amarna Tomb 5 |
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| Penthu in hieroglyphs | |||||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | |||||
Penthu (
He was originally Chief Physician to Akhenaten, but may have survived the upheavals of the end of the Amarna Period, and served under Ay, after being Vizier under Tutankhamun.[3] The identification of Penthu the Physician with Pentu the Vizier is not certain, however.[4] He had a tomb constructed at Amarna, Amarna Tomb 5,[2] although his remains have never been identified, and he was probably never buried there.
An inscription discovered in 2004 in the Dayr Abū Ḥinnis limestone quarry records that quarrying was being undertaken for building work on the Small Aten Temple under the authority of the king's scribe Penthu Year 16, 3rd month of Akhet, day 15 of the reign of Akhenaten. The Penthu mentioned in the inscription is presumably the same Penthu who was the owner of Amarna Tomb 5. Due his position as a chief priest within the Aten priesthood, it is unlikely to be a coincidence that he would have been placed in charge of quarrying stone for this temple.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Ranke, Hermann (1935). Die Ägyptischen Personennamen, Bd. 1: Verzeichnis der Namen (PDF). Glückstadt: J.J. Augustin. p. 133. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ ISBN 0-85698-160-5
- ^ J. Cerny: Hieratic Inscriptions from the Tomb of Tut'ankhamun, Oxford 1965, S. 4 no. 26
- ^ Aiden Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation, American University in Cairo Press (2009), page 79
- ^ Van der Perre, Athena (2014). "The Year 16 Graffito of Akhenaten in Dayr Abu Hinnis. A Contribution to the Study of the Later Years of Nefertiti". Journal of Egyptian History. 7 (1): 73, 76–77. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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