- Penthu
The Egyptian noble Penthu was the 'Royal scribe', 'First under the King', and 'Chief servitor of the
Aten in the Estate of the Aten inAkhetaten '. These titles alone show how powerful he would have been inEighteenth Dynasty Egypt.He was originally Chief Physician to
Akhenaten , but seems to have survived the upheavals of the end of the Amarna period, and served underAy , after being Vizier underTutankhamun . [J. Cerny: "Hieratic Inscriptions from the Tomb of Tut'ankhamun", Oxford 1965, S. 4 no. 26]He had a tomb constructed at
Amarna , Tomb 5, although his remains have never been identified, and he was probably never buried there.References
Literature
* "Memoirs" By Egypt Exploration Society Archaeological Survey of Egypt, 1906
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* "Tomb of Pentu" in "Egypt" by Cherine Badawi, 2004, p.194External links
* [http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/middle/mallawi/amarna/northtombs.html El Amarna North Tombs]
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