- Sennefer
The
Ancient Egypt ian noble Sennefer was "Mayor of the City" (i.e. Thebes) and "Overseer of the Granaries and Fields, Gardens and Cattle ofAmun " during the reign ofAmenhotep II of the 18th dynasty. Being a favourite of the king he accumulated great wealth. He was also allowed to place a double statue of himself and his wife in the temple at Karnak. [WhosWhoInAncientEgyptReference|page=p.183]He was the son of Ahmose Humay, a male royal nurse, brother to Amenhotep II's vizier Amenemopet, and married to the royal nurse Sentnay. [David B. O'Connor, Eric H. Cline, "Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign", University of Michigan Press 1998, ISBN 0472088335, pp.38f. ] His elder daughter Muttuy apparently married Kenamun, who succeeded Sennefer as mayor of Thebes. [Ian Shaw, "The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt", Oxford University Press 2003, ISBN 0192804588, p.263] His brother
Amenemopet called Pairy was buried close by inTT29 . [WhosWhoInAncientEgyptReference|page=p.12]He was buried in a small but well decorated tomb (
TT96 , sometimes known as the "Tomb of the Vineyards" due to its decorationcite book|first=James|last=Baikie|title=Egyptian Antiquities in the Nile Valley|publisher=Methuen|date=1932|pages=612-614] ), located in theSheikh Abd el-Qurna district of theTheban Necropolis oppositeLuxor inEgypt .However, some funerary items for Sennefer and his family have been found in
KV42 , the tomb ofHatshepsut-Meryetre , so he may have re-used this tomb for his actual burial. [cite web|url=http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_856.html|title= KV 42 (Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra)|accessdate=2007-06-20]References
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