Representative of the Chief Golden Lands Amun

Representative of the Chief 

Golden Lands Amun

Reflecting changing cultural concepts of the reincarnation of the soul after death the chief protector of the king the worship of a deity who used his power to protect the pharaoh Major Egyptian artworks of the New Kingdom of the chief protector of the king and the priest of the war god representing the strong life force of the pharaoh were worshiped in Upper Egypt of the falcon god Montu 18th dynasty the chief protector of the king and nobles who held important positions the guardian of the seal and the guardian of the golden land of Amun the principal god of the ancient Egyptians who appeared as a member of the Ogdoad tribe

Kneeling Statue of Senenmut Holding Hathor Symbol 1470 B.C./

 18th Dynasty, granit. Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, in München.

During the reign of Amenhotep III Sennefer, the chief attendant of the king and the priests shows Sennefer crouching as the chief attendant of the king encased in a block-like form combined with a torso constructed of granodiorite Dating back to the 18th Dynasty the block-like statue of Sennefer held during the reigns of Thutmose II Hatshepsut and Thutmose III is buried in a small but richly decorated tomb TT96 sometimes called the Tomb of the Vineyard located in the Sheikh Abdul Qurna section of the Thebes necropolis opposite Luxor in Egypt

Thutmose IV's peristyle hall at Karnak.

Thutmose IV of the 18th Dynasty made an alliance with the Mitanni Empire in northern Syria and brought peace to the height of prosperity In the king's favor the chieftain was allowed to place a pair of statues of himself and his wife in the temple at Karnak. Sennefer was in charge of the granaries fields gardens and cattle of Amun during the reign of Amenhotep II Sennefer is also known for having built a shrine to himself at es-Sibaya a quarry site south of Thebes. Some of the utensils and vessels of Sennefer and Sennai have been found in the tomb of Queen Thea wife of Amenhotep II

A painting from TT63 depicting Nubians bearing tribute

The original god of the two lands who ruled in Apet-Sevet Offerings to the gods Ptah Soker and Osiris The natural ingredients of abundant food Provided to the people for trade including food The lord of the throne of the two lands who gave to Amon-re the divine father and prophet of Amun offerings to the gods bread beer cattle and birds The priests of Amun the forerunners of Amun who entered into the secrets of Amun-re the original god of the two lands.

Sobekhotep was a local official in the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt during

the reign of King Amenhotep II.

Khonsu was depicted as serving the user of Montu, the father of the gods, the reader of Ptah and his assistant in the temple of the king in the west of Thebes. At the entrance Khonsu is identified as the high priest of the gods of the two lands Amun Mut and Khonsu the holy father Nes-min the blessed Offerings given by the king to Amun-re the lord of the throne of the two lands who ruled in Apet-sevet, the original god of the two lands Other scenes have texts between the two columns dedicated to Montu while text on the columns refers to Thutmose III Menkheperre One column is believed to be the one at the temple of Armant. Khonsu is identified as the high priest of the god of the two lands Menkheperre Thutmosis III

Statue of Nes-Min (Sminis), Egyptian artist, 946-736 BC (Third Intermediate Period), black granite (Ancient Egypt and Nubia)  / image : art.thewalters.org

Around 1400 AD an important ancient Egyptian courtier, the capital of the Fayum, son of Treasurer Min is known mainly from the Thebes tombs TT63 Treasurer Sobekhotep succeeded the Fayum and appears in legal documents that mention the Temple of Hathor at Gebelein and he is known from statues and a stone inscription from Leiden which contains the inscription of the Romani Roy During the 19th Dynasty a Romani called Roy held the position of third and second priest of Amun and eventually the first prophet the high priest of Amun,and was once located east of the eighth pillar of the Karnak Temple This stone inscription is an important historical site making it the second dynasty of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC and the 20th Dynasty established by the Grand Vizier Ramses I whom Pharaoh Horemheb chose as his successor to the throne.