Wildung in his study of these two men, "no Living some 1500 years apart, yet each achieving a renown equal to or
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The biographies of such great men as Imhotep and his later counterpartĪmenhotep Son of Hapu are enough to show that. Ptolemaic chapel behind the upper mortuary temple of Hatshepsut at DeirĮl-Bahari show that Amenhotep son of Hapu was still worshiped in the secondĬentury CE, more than 1,500 years after his death. Kind, a short beard, and often wearing a long apron. Somewhat older and corpulent, with a fuller hairstyle or wig than the standard
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Will feel like a son in the house of his father,” (Wildung 1977, 105).Īmenhotep son of Hapu is depicted as a scribe, often with palette and scroll, Scribe of the recruits Amenhotep your soul will be united with Imhotep … you The soul of the deceased: “Your soul will go to the royal scribe and chief Used it for him as protection for his body.” Amenhotep son of HapuĪnd Imhotep are mentioned in the Papyrus Boulaq (first century CE) as welcoming Having been found by “the King’s chief scribe Amenhotep the son of Hapu … He The spell Pleyte 167 of the Book of the Dead is labeled as Single ba, ‘soul’ or ‘manifestation’, as if Amenhotep son of Hapu wereĪ veritable reincarnation of his colleague who had lived one thousand years Said of Amenhotep son of Hapu and Imhotep that they have a single ‘body’ and a Inscribed on the temple of Ptah at Karnak, it is Imhotep, surpassing the latter in popularity in the vicinity of Thebes. Intermediary of the God Amun, and was often worshiped alongside his fellow deified architect and healer After his death he acquired a cult as a healer and an The temple of Soleb), chief scribe and secretary in charge of recruiting, as He had an extraordinarily distinguished career underĪmenhotep III, holding the positions of chief architect (he is credited with Manetho associates this event with the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt but Josephus strongly rejects that interpretation.Local government and in the priesthood of Khenty-khety before being called to the royal court at Thebes He put the prophecy into letter to the King and then killed himself. After this the wise man foresaw that the lepers would ally themselves with people coming to their help and subdue Egypt. Manetho relates that the wise man counseled that the king should "clear the whole country of the lepers and of the other impure people" and that the King then sent 80,000 lepers to the quarries.
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This Amenophis is commonly identified with Akhenaton, while Orus fits with the latter's father, Amenhotep III. Manetho however gives a legendary account of how Amenhotep advised a king Amenophis, who was "desirous to become a spectator of the gods, as had Orus, one of his predecessors in that kingdom, desired the same before him". There are several statues of him as a scribe, portraying him as a young man and as an older man.Īccording to some reliefs in the tomb of Ramose, he may have died in the 31st year of Amenhotep III. He was also revered as a healer and eventually worshipped as a god of healing, like his predecessor Imhotep. He was also an architect and supervised several building projects, among them Amenhotep III's mortuary temple at western Thebes, of which only two statues remain nowadays, known as the Colossus of Memnon.Īfter his death, his reputation grew and he was revered for his teachings and as a philosopher. He was a priest and a Scribe of Recruits (organizing the labour and supplying the manpower for the Pharaoh's projects, both civilian and military). He is said to have been born at the end of Thutmose III's reign, in the town of Athribis (modern Banha in the north of Cairo). According to some reliefs in the tomb of Ramo …moreĪmenhotep, son of Hapu, was an architect, a priest, a scribe, and a public official, who held a number of offices under Amenhotep III. There are several statues of him as a scribe, portraying him as a young man and as an older man.
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After his death, his reputation grew and he was revered for his teachings and as a philosopher. He was also an architect and supervised several building projects, among them Amenhotep III's mortuary temple at western Thebes, of which only two statues remain nowadays, known as the Colossus of Memnon. Amenhotep, son of Hapu, was an architect, a priest, a scribe, and a public official, who held a number of offices under Amenhotep III.