Djehutyemhat Explained

Djehutyemhat
Alt Name:	Thotemhat
Role:	King of Hermopolis
Reign:	c. 725 - 710 BCE^[1]
Predecessor:	Nimlot
Successor:	Pedinemty?
Prenomen:	Neferkheperre Khaikhau Nfr-ḫpr-Rˁ-ḫˁj-ḫˁ(w) Perfect is the manifestation of Ra, with shiny crown/appearance
Prenomen Hiero:	N5-L1-nfr-N28:N28
Nomen:	Djehutyemhat Ḏḥwtj m ḥ3t Thoth is in the front
Nomen Hiero:	G26-G17-F4
Horus:	Khaiemwenet Ḫˁj-m-Wn(t) He who appears in Wenet
Horus Hiero:	N28-G17-E34:N24

Djehutyemhat,^[2] or Thotemhat,^[3] was an ancient Egyptian ruler ("king") of Hermopolis during the 25th Dynasty.

Biography

Like his probable predecessor Nimlot, he proclaimed himself king, adopting the full royal titulary although he was no more than a governor of Hermopolis and a vassal of the Kushite 25th Dynasty. His cartouches appear carved on the shoulders of a damaged block statue depicting the priest Tjanhesret, found in Luxor in 1909 and now in the Cairo Museum (CG 42212), and on a bronze naos-shaped amulet of Amun-Ra of unknown provenance – possibly from Thebes – and now in the British Museum (EA11015).^[3] ^[4] ^[5] The only known depiction of the king is found on a votive scribal pallet now in the collection of the Egypt Centre of Swansea University.^[2]

British Egyptologist Kenneth Kitchen has suggested that the successor of Djehutyemhat could have been the poorly known "king" Pedinemty.^[6]

References

Notes and References

Kenneth Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC), 1996, Aris & Phillips Limited, Warminster,, table 16B
https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34516 Troy Leiland Sagrillo. 2017. “King Djeḥuty-em-ḥat in Swansea: Three model scribal palettes in the collection of the Egypt Centre of Swansea University.” In A true scribe of Abydos: Essays on first millennium Egypt in honour of Anthony Leahy, edited by Claus Jurman, B. Bader, and David A. Aston. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 265. Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters. 385-414.
Spencer, P.A. & Spencer, A.J. (1986), "Notes on Late Libyan Period", JEA 72, pp. 198–201
Kitchen, op. cit., § 109; 331
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=129855&partId=1&searchText=bronze+naos&page=1 The bronze naos-shaped amulet EA11015 at the British Museum.
Kitchen, op. cit., § 525