Amenherkhepshef

For other people with similar names, see Amenherkhepshef (disambiguation).

Amenherkhepshef
Prince of Egypt
Tausret's coffin, later usurped by prince Amunherkhepeshef for his burial.
Burial	KV13, Thebes
Egyptian name	Amenherkhepshef (Jmn ḥr ḫpš.f)
Dynasty	20th dynasty
Father	Ramesses VI
Mother	Nubkhesbed

Amenherkhepshef (also Amenherkhepshef D ^{[note 1]} to distinguish him from earlier people of the same name) was an ancient Egyptian prince and a son of Ramesses VI with Queen Nubkhesbed. ^[1] He lived in the mid 12th century BCE during the Twentieth Dynasty of the late New Kingdom period. ^[2]

He died before his father and was buried in the reused sarcophagus of Tausret in an extension of the tomb originally planned for Chancellor Bay, KV13. ^[3] The tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile, in Thebes, Egypt.

Notes

1. The "D" in this name is not part of the original Egyptian name, rather it is a denomination added in modern Egyptology to distinguish him from other people of the same name:
   Amenherkhepshef A, a son of Ramesses II,
   Amenherkhepshef B, a son of Ramesses III, and
   Amenherkhepshef C, Ramesses VI.

References

1. Dodson 2017, p. 153.
2. Dodson & Hilton 2004, p. 192.
3. Dodson & Hilton 2004, pp. 183, 192.

Bibliography

Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. ISBN   978-0-500-05128-3.

Dodson, Aidan (2017). Monarchs of the Nile. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN   978-1-61-797733-6.