Amenhotep (High Priest of Amun)

Amenhotep
High Priest of Amun
Amenhotep, high priest of Amun
PredecessorRamessesnakht
SuccessorPiankh or Herihor
Dynasty20th Dynasty
PharaohRamesses IX, Ramesses X, Ramesses XI
FatherRamessesnakht
MotherAdjedet-Aat
BurialTT 58 (P&M, I-1, 1994, p. 119)

Amenhotep was the High Priest of Amun towards the end of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt, serving under Ramesses IX, Ramesses X and Ramesses XI. He was the son of Ramessesnakht, the previous high priest of Amun.[1][2] It is not beyond dispute who succeeded him in office. For a long time it was assumed that he was followed by the High Priest Herihor. However, Karl Jansen-Winkeln has suggested that Amenhotep was instead succeeded by the High Priest Piankh.[3][4] We know the names of several of his brothers and a sister:[5]

  • his (eldest?) brother, the prophet of Amun Meribast II
  • his brother, the Chief Steward Usimarenakth II
  • his sister Aatmeret I
  • his brother, the Second Prophet of Amun Nesamun I (see below)
Amenhotep and Ramesses IX
  1. ^ "High Priests of Amun". Archived from the original on 2008-03-24. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  2. ^ Morris L. Bierbrier, The Late New Kingdom in Egypt, Warminster (1975), 10-13
  3. ^ Karl Jansen-Winkeln, ZÄS 119 (1992), 22-37
  4. ^ Karl Jansen-Winkeln, GM 157 (1997), 49-74
  5. ^ Morris L. Bierbrier, The Late New Kingdom in Egypt, Warminster (1975), 10-13