Wentawat Explained

Style:Viceroy of Kush
Wentawat
Predecessor:Nahihor
Successor:Ramessesnakht
Dynasty:20th Dynasty
Pharaoh:Ramesses IX
Father:Nahihor
Wife:Tausert
Children:Ramessesnakht, Nahihor
Burial:unknown

Wentawat (also written as Wentawuat), was Viceroy of Kush under Ramesses IX, during the 20th Dynasty. He was a son of the Viceroy Nahihor.[1]

Wentawat's titles include: King's son of Kush, overseer of the Gold Lands of Amun-Ra King of the Gods, Head of the stable of the Court. First of His Majesty (i.e. charioteer), Door-opener, Steward of Amun at Khnum-Weset, High Priest of Amun of Khnum-Weset, First prophet of Amun of Ramesses.[2]

He is known from a stela now in the British Museum (EA 792).[3] [4] This stela shows Wentawat, his wife Tausert (also written as Tawosret) and his son Nahihor (or Naherhu), who held the title of Head of the stable of the Residence.[5] [6] Another son, Ramessesnakht, succeeded his father as Viceroy of Kush, which makes for a viceregal 'dynasty' of three generations.[6]
Wentawat is also known from a damaged granite statuette depicting him while kneeling and holding the figure of a god; it was found in 1902 interred inside the Karnak great temple, next to the 7th pylon. It is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (CG 42158 / JE 36816).[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Amin A. M. A. Amer, op. cit., p. 28
  2. George A. Reisner, "The Viceroys of Ethiopia (II)", Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 6 (1920) n.1.
  3. [E. A. Wallis Budge]
  4. [Kenneth Kitchen]
  5. Topographical Bibliography Vol VIII, retrieved from Griffith Institute website May 2010
  6. Amin A. M. A. Amer, op. cit., p. 29
  7. [Georges Legrain]
  8. Kenneth Kitchen, op. cit., p. 526