Amenherkhepshef (also Amenherkhepshef D to distinguish him from earlier people of the same name) was an ancient Egyptian prince and a son of Ramesses VI with Queen Nubkhesbed.[1] He lived in the mid 12th century BCE during the Twentieth Dynasty of the late New Kingdom period.[2]

Amenherkhepshef in hieroglyphs
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Amenherkhepshef (Jmn ḥr ḫpš.f)

He died before his father and was buried in the reused sarcophagus of Twosret in an extension of the tomb originally planned for Chancellor Bay, KV13.[3] The tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile, in Thebes, Egypt.

References edit

  1. ^ Dodson 2017, p. 153.
  2. ^ Dodson & Hilton 2004, p. 192.
  3. ^ Dodson & Hilton 2004, pp. 183, 192.

Bibliography edit

Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. ISBN 978-0-500-05128-3.
Dodson, Aidan (2017). Monarchs of the Nile. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-1-61-797733-6.