For another Eighteenth Dynasty person with a very similar name, see Amenhotep-Huy

Amenhotep-Huy

Amenhotep-Huy was a Vizier of Ancient Egypt during the reign of Amenhotep III. Besides being Amenhotep III's Vizier, Amenhotep-Huy was also director of Upper and Lower Egypt and overseer of all the works of the King in Upper and Lower Egypt....

Amenhotep called Huy was Viceroy of Kush under Tutankhamen. He was the successor of Tuthmosis

Tuthmose (Viceroy of Kush)

Tuthmose was the Viceroy of Kush during the reign of Akhenaten. Tuthmose was given the titles King’s Son of Kush, overseer of the Gold Lands of Amun, Overseer of masons, overseer of the borderlands of His Majesty, and fan-bearer on the King's right....

, who served under Akhenaten

Akhenaten

Akhenaten also spelled Echnaton,Ikhnaton,and Khuenaten;meaning "living spirit of Aten") known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV , was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 17 years and died perhaps in 1336 BC or 1334 BC...

. He would later be succeeded by Paser I

Paser I

Paser I was the Viceroy of Kush during the reigns of Ay and likely Horemheb. Reisner mentions that the only datable inscriptions for Paser belong to the reign of Ay. The next known Viceroy however is Amenemopet, who is dated to the reign of Seti I...

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Huy was the son of a lady named Werner. His father is not known. Huy was married to Taemwadjsy, chief of the harem of Amun and of the Harem of Nebkheperure (Tutankhamun). They had a son named Paser.

Titles of Huy: Scribe of the letters of the viceroy, Merymose

Merymose

Merymose was a Viceroy of Kush under Amenhotep III. He served for almost the entire four decades of that reign.His titles included: King's son , Overseer of the Southern Lands, Overseer of the Gold Lands of Amun, King's Scribe, Overseer of the King's Scribes, Overseer of the Treasury, and Steward...

. King's scribe, Mery-netjer priest, King's messenger to every land.

People associated with Huy:

• Harnufer, "Scribe of the gold-accounts of the king's son"
• Kna, "Scribe of the king's son"

Burial

Amenhotep Huy was buried in TT40

TT40

The Theban Tomb TT40 is located in Qurnet Murai, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the Ancient Egyptian Viceroy of Kush named Amenhotep called Huy , who lived during the end of the 18th during the reign of Tutankhamen.Huy was...

 located in Qurnet Murai

Qurnet Murai

The necropolis of Qurnet Murai' is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Egypt, just to the south of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.It was also used as a cemetery for officials of the New Kingdom administration in Thebes.-Tombs at Qurnet Murai:...

. In the tomb there is reference to a Temple named "Satisfying the Gods" in Nubia

Nubia

Nubia is a region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt.There were a number of small Nubian kingdoms throughout the Middle Ages, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate resulting in the Arabization...

. Huy is shown being greeted there by Khay, High Priest of Nebkehperure (Tutankhamen), Penne, Deputy of the fortress of Nebkheperure (Tutankhamen), Huy, the Mayor, and Mermose, (his brother) the second prophet of Nebkheperure. Taemwadjsy was Chief of the Harem of Nebkheperure (Chief of the female attendants of the temple) at this temple.

External links

• Tomb of Huy on Osirisnet