Imhotep (Vizier)

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Imhotep
Vizier
Dynasty 18th Dynasty
Pharaoh Thutmose I.

Imhotep was the governor of the city (in Thebes), a judge and a vizier under Thutmose I. He was also said to be a tutor to the sons of the king.[1]

QV46

Imhotep was buried in tomb QV 46 in the Valley of the Queens. The tomb was discovered Schiaparelli’s during the work done from 1903 to 1905. The tomb is a simple shaft with a single chamber that contained the burial. During there excavations his mummy was recovered along with funerary goods.[1] The finds included coffin-fragments, a Canopic jar inscribed with his name, and an alabaster oval plaque.[2] These objects are now in the Turin Museum, as well as mummified ducks in boxes, wooden boxes, and baskets found in the tomb.[1]

Ostraca form the later Ramesside Period were recovered from near the tomb's entrance.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Demas, Martha, and Neville Agnew, eds. 2012. Valley of the Queens Assessment Report: Volume 1. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Conservation Institute. Getty Conservation Institute, link to article
  2. Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume I: The Theban Necropolis, Part 2. Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries, Griffith Institute. 1964, pg 766-7