Amethu called Ahmose | |
Style: | Vizier |
Successor: | Useramen |
Pharaoh: | Thutmose II, Hatshepsut and Thutmose III |
Wife: | Ta-Amethu |
Children: | Useramen, Neferweben, Amenhotep, Akheperkare |
Burial: | Thebes TT83 |
Amethu called Ahmose was a vizier of ancient Egypt. He served during the reign of Thutmose II and the early years of the reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III of the 18th Dynasty.[1]
His wife's name was Ta-Amethu. Their children include the viziers Useramen and Neferweben. Two additional sons are known from Theban tomb TT122: Amenhotep, an Overseer of the Magazine of Amun, and Akheperkare, a prophet of Montu.[2]
Amethu called Ahmose and his wife Ta-Amethu also had several grandchildren. The later second prophet of Amun Merymaat was a son of Amenhotep. Vizier Rekhmire was a son of Neferweben.[2]
Amethu called Ahmose was buried in TT83 in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes.