Imenmes
Imenmes(fl. c. 1300 BC[1]) was an ancient Egyptian official, who wasoverseer of the cattleofAmun,probably around the time of the lateEighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.Little is known about him, but several items in theLouvreare related to him, including the Hymn of Imenmes on a stele and a gamebox, known as asenet,which belonged to one of his children.[2]The stele contains a hymn of 28 lines related to the worship ofOsiris.In the upper curve of the stele, a double offering scene depicts Imenmes, his wife and one of his sons, and below this, framed in boxes, are the couple's six other children kneeling.[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Game box in the name of Imenmes".Louvre.fr. Archived fromthe originalon 10 January 2019.Retrieved6 August2014.
- ^Ziegler, Christiane (2008).Queens of Egypt: From Hetepheres to Cleopatra.Grimaldi Forum. p. 295.ISBN978-2-7572-0190-9.
- ^"Hymn of Imenmes, chief of Amun's flocks".Mini-site.louvre.fr.Retrieved6 August2014.