Amun-her-khepeshef (20th dynasty)

For other people with similar names, see Amenherkhepshef (disambiguation).
Amun-her-khepeshef
Amunherkhepeshef from his tomb QV55
Bornc. 12th century BC
Burial
QV55, Valley of the Queens, Thebes
Egyptian name
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Dynasty20th of Egypt
FatherPharaoh Ramesses III
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion
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Amun-her-khepeshef
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)
Amun-her-khepsef and other sons of Ramesses III

Amun-her-khepeshef (also Amun-her-khepeshef B [note 1]) was the eldest son and appointed heir of Pharaoh Ramesses III. Like at least another of his brothers, he was named after a son of Ramesses II, Amun-her-khepeshef. [1] He died when he was about fifteen years old.[2]

He is also mentioned as Ramesses Amun-her-khepeshef. He is not identical with his brother Ramesses VI, who was also called Amun-her-khepeshef before he became pharaoh.[1]

He is depicted in his father's temple at Medinet Habu.[1] His well preserved tomb, QV55 (in the Valley of the Queens) was excavated by Italian archaeologists in 1903–1904.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ The "B" in this name is not part of the original Egyptian name, rather it is a denomination added in modern Egyptology to distinguish him from other people of the same name:
    Amenherkhepshef A, a son of Ramesses II,
    Amenherkhepshef C, Ramesses VI, and
    Amenherkhepshef D, a son of Ramesses VI.

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.192
  2. ^ a b Alberto Siliotti: Guide to the Valley of the Kings. Barnes and Noble (1997). ISBN 88-8095-496-2
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