Ankhkherednefer
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Ankhkherednefer 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). Ankhkherednefer served under king Osorkon II
whose name appears on the statue. On the statue he bears the titles inspector of the palace (rwDw n aH); good recorder of the house of Atum, lord of an (sXAw nfr n pr-itmw nb an) and highest lieutnant of the king (Hry idnw n pr-aA).
Block statue (Egyptian)
The block statue is a type of memorial statue that first emerged in the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. The block statue grew in popularity in the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period, and by the Late Period, this type of statue was the most common. These statues were used in temples...
found in the Tell el-Maskhuta (perhaps ancient Pithom
Pithom
Pithom also called Per-Atum or Heroöpolis or Heroonopolis Pithom also called Per-Atum or Heroöpolis or Heroonopolis Pithom also called Per-Atum or Heroöpolis or Heroonopolis (Greek: or , Strabo xvi. 759, 768, xvii. 803, 804; Arrian, Exp. Alex. iii. 5, vii. 20; Joseph. Ant. Jud. ii. 7. § 5;...
). The statue, made of red granite is now in the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
(BM 1007). Ankhkherednefer served under king Osorkon II
Osorkon II
Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon II was a pharaoh of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and the son of Takelot I and Queen Kapes. He ruled Egypt around 872 BC to 837 BC from Tanis, the capital of this Dynasty. After succeeding his father, he was faced with the competing rule of his cousin,...
whose name appears on the statue. On the statue he bears the titles inspector of the palace (rwDw n aH); good recorder of the house of Atum, lord of an (sXAw nfr n pr-itmw nb an) and highest lieutnant of the king (Hry idnw n pr-aA).
Literature
- Edouard NavilleÉdouard NavilleCaptaine Henri Édouard Naville was a Swiss egyptologist.He was born in Geneva. He studied in London, Paris and Berlin ....
: 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