Chapter 2 Interrogating Djedmutiuesankh: First Great Chief of the Principal Khener of Amun

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Abstract

One of the burial assemblages on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York belongs to a high-status woman of Dynasty 21 named Djedmutiuesankh. Discovered in Tomb MMA 60 by Herbert Winlock in 1924, her equipment includes a three-piece coffin set, an Osiris shroud, an Osiris figure, two funerary papyri, and two shabti boxes with a full complement of shabtis. The principal title held by this woman was ḥry(t) wrt ḫnrwt tpy(t) n jmn, First Great Chief of the Principal Khener of Amun, a title believed to designate a wife or daughter of one of the High Priests of Amun. This article reviews Djedmutiuesankh’s funerary equipment, explores what her titles might tell us about her role in the Theban hierarchy, and assesses previous attempts to place her more specifically within the 21st Dynasty family of the High Priests of Amun.

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Rethinking Ancient Egypt

Studies in Honor of Ann Macy Roth

Series:  Harvard Egyptological Studies, Volume: 22
Cover Rethinking Ancient Egypt
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24 Sep 2024
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Part 1 New Interpretations
Part 2 Rethinking Methodologies
Part 3 New Evidence
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