- Amenhotep, son of Hapu
Amenhotep, son of Hapu, was an
architect , apriest , ascribe , and apublic official , who held a number of offices underAmenhotep III . He is said to have been born at the end ofThutmose III 's reign, in the town ofAthribis (modernBanha in the north ofCairo ). His father wasHapu , and his motherIpu . He was a priest and a Scribe of Recruits (organizing the labour and supplying the manpower for the Pharaoh's projects, both civilian and military). He was also an architect and supervised several building projects, among themAmenhotep III 's mortuary temple at western Thebes, of which only two statues remain nowadays, known as the Colossus ofMemnon .His death may have occurred in the year 31 of Amenhotep's reign (according to some reliefs in the tomb of
Ramose ). It is recorded byManetho that inAkhenaten 's reign, he committed suicide because of they way Akhenaten's reign was going. After his death, his reputation grew and he was revered for his teachings and as a philosopher. He was also revered as a healer and eventually worshipped as a god of healing, like his predecessorImhotep .There are several statues of him as a scribe, portraying him as a young man and as an older man.
References
* Heinrich Brugsch Bey,"Egypt Under the Pharaohs: A History Derived Entirely from the Monuments", 1891
* J. H. Breasted, "Ancient Records of Egypt", Part Two, 1906
* Warren R. Dawson, "Bridle of Pegasus", 1930, pp.55ff.
* Miriam Lichtheim, "Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings: The Late Period", 1980, University of California Press, Page 104
* Siegfried Morenz, "Egyptian Religion", 1992 Cornell University Press
* Margaret Alice Murray, 1931, "Egyptian Temples", 2002 Courier Dover Publications
* Boyo Ockinga, "Amenophis, Son of Hapu - A Biographical Sketch", The Rundle Foundation for Egyptian Archaeology Newsletter No. 18, February 1986External links
* [http://geoanalyzer.britannica.com/ebc/article-9006081 Encyclopedia Britannica: Information on Amenhotep son of Hapu ]
* [http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/texts/amenhotep.htm Inscriptions of Amenhotep, son of Hapu]
* [http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/details.asp?which2=551 Egyptian Museum of Cairo:Statue of Amenhotep son of Hapu]
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