Nebamun (Vizier)
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Nebamun
was a Vizier
of Ancient Egypt
. He served from about the reign of Haremhab to the reign of Ramses II.
Nebamun is attested in the Memphite palace accounts early in Sethi I's reign.
His tomb is not yet known, but was most likely in Saqqara. Nebamun is depicted together with the vizier Usermont in the Theban tomb TT 324, showing that they were in office in about the same time. His main monument is a limestone statue found at Abydos, now in the Cairo Museum, providing a long list of titles. He was connected via family ties to the high priest of Osiris, Wenennefer.
Nebamun
Nebamun was an Egyptian "scribe and counter of grain" during the New Kingdom. His tomb in Thebes, the location of which is now lost, featured the famous Pond in a Garden fresco, executed a secco....
was a Vizier
Vizier (Ancient Egypt)
The vizier was the highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the king, or pharaoh during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. Vizier is the generally accepted rendering of ancient Egyptian tjati, tjaty etc, among Egyptologists...
of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
. He served from about the reign of Haremhab to the reign of Ramses II.
Nebamun is attested in the Memphite palace accounts early in Sethi I's reign.
His tomb is not yet known, but was most likely in Saqqara. Nebamun is depicted together with the vizier Usermont in the Theban tomb TT 324, showing that they were in office in about the same time. His main monument is a limestone statue found at Abydos, now in the Cairo Museum, providing a long list of titles. He was connected via family ties to the high priest of Osiris, Wenennefer.