Nakhtmin (troop commander)

Nakhtmin (also called Minnakht) was a Troop Commander of Kush and Royal Envoy to Every Foreign Land during the reign of Ramesses II.

Nakhtmin
Troop Commander of Kush, Royal Envoy to Every Foreign Land
PredecessorPennesuttawy
SuccessorAnhurnakht (Troop Commander)
Dynasty19th Dynasty
PharaohRamesses II
FatherPennesuttawy
MotherMaia
WifeTanedjemet
ChildrenAnhurnakht (Troop Commander)
BurialTT282

Family

Nakhtmin was the son of the Troop Commander Pennesuttawy and Maia.[1] He was the grandson of Minhotep and Maia. [2] His uncles included he High Priest of Amun Parennefer who is dated to the reigns of Tutankhamen and Horemheb and the High Priest of Min and Isis named Minmose.[2]

Monuments

  • Theban Tomb TT282[3] A faience knob in the tomb of his son Anhernakht mentions the Troop Commander Nakhtmin.[2]
  • Graffito at Aswan shows the Fanbearer on the King's Right Hand, the Royal Envoy to every foreign country and Troop Commander Nakhtmin.[2]
  • Graffito at Bigeh mentions Nakhtmin and identifies him as the son of Pennesuttawy.[2] The inscription is a prayer to Khnum for the Ka of Nakhtmin.[3]
  • Nakhtmin is mentioned in the tomb of his father Pennesuttawy (TT156).[2]
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References

  1. Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume I: The Theban Necropolis, Part I. Private Tombs, Griffith Institute. 1970, 265 - 266, ASIN: B002WL4ON4
  2. Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume III, Blackwell Publishers, 1996, pg 78 - 79, 193-195
  3. Labib Habachi. Miscellanea on Viceroys of Kush and their Assistants Buried in Draʿ Abu El-Naga', South. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 13 (1976), pp. 113-116, Stable URL: JSTOR


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