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Ankhkherednefer's official titles in hieroglyphs
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Rwḏw-ˁ3-n-ˁḥ
Great Inspector of the Palace
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Sḫ3-nfr-n-pr-Tm-nb-ˁjn
Good scribe of the Temple of Atum, Lord of Tura[note 1]
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Ḥrj-jdnw-n-pr-ˁ3
Supreme Lieutenant of the Pharaoh
Block statue of Ankhkherednefer

Ankhkherednefer (Template:Lang-egy)[1] (name formerly read as Ankhrenepnefer, or Ankhsherynefer) was an ancient Egyptian official known from a block statue found in the Tell el-Maskhuta (perhaps ancient Pithom). The statue, made of red granite is now in the British Museum (BM 1007).

Biography

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Ankhkherednefer
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Ankhkherednefer served under king Osorkon II whose name appears on the statue. On the statue he bears the titles: Great Inspector of the Palace; Good scribe of the Temple of Atum, Lord of Tura[note 1] and Supreme Lieutenant of the Pharaoh.

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b The god is reproduced in original with double crown and without scepter. In the inscription, the god Atum was also dubbed Lord of An (Tura). An could be identified archaeologically with the place Tura.[2]
Citations
  1. ^ Hermann Ranke (1935). Die Ägyptischen Personennamen - Band I (PDF) (in German). Augustin, Glückstadt. p. 66.
  2. ^ Kathryn A. Bard (1999). Encyclopaedia of the Archeology of ancient Egypt. Routledge, London. p. 958. ISBN 0-415-18589-0.

Literature

  • Edouard Naville: The Store-city of Pithom and the Route of the Exodus, London, 1885, S. 13-14 with English translations of the texts, Frontispice, Text on plate IV). online
  • Karl Jansen-Winkeln: Ägyptische Biographien der 22. und 23. Dynasstie, Teil 1, Wiesbaden 1985, S. 269-71 ISBN 3-447-02525-5
  • Karl Jansen-Winkeln: Inschriften der Spätzeit, Bd. II: Die 22.-24. Dynastie, Wiesbaden, 2007, S. 126-127