Tuthmose (Viceroy of Kush)

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Tuthmose
Viceroy of Kush
Predecessor Merymose
Successor Amenhotep called Huy
Dynasty 18th Dynasty
Pharaoh Akhenaten

Tuthmose was the Viceroy of Kush during the reign of Akhenaten. Tuthmose was given the titles King's Son of Kush, Overseer of the Gold Lands of Amun, Overseer of masons, Overseer of the borderlands of His Majesty, and Fan-bearer on the King's right. [1]

The former Kingdom of Kerma in Nubia, was a province of Ancient Egypt from the 16th century BCE to eleventh century BCE. During this period, the polity was ruled by a viceroy who reported directly to the Egyptian Pharaoh. It is believed that the Egyptian 25th Dynasty were descendants of these viceroys, and so were the dynasties that ruled independent Kush until the fourth century CE.

Akhenaten 18th dynasty pharaoh

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In year 12 of Akhenaten, Tuthmose was ordered to put down a rebellion by some of the Nubians, according to a stela set up at Buhen. Here were found the fragments of the stela mentioning this rebellion and a viceroy of Kush. The latters name is lost but it seems likely that it was Tuthmose as he is so far the only known viceroy of Kush datable under Akhenaten. [2]

Nubia region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt

Nubia is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between Aswan in southern Egypt and Khartoum in central Sudan. It was the seat of one of the earliest civilizations of ancient Africa, with a history that can be traced from at least 2500 BC onward with the Kerma culture. The latter was conquered by the New Kingdom of Egypt under pharaoh Thutmose I around 1500 BC. Nubia was home to several empires, most prominently the kingdom of Kush, which conquered Egypt during the 8th century BC during the reign of Piye and ruled the country as its Twenty-fifth Dynasty.

Buhen fortress

Buhen was an ancient Egyptian settlement situated on the West bank of the Nile below the Second Cataract in what is now Northern State, Sudan. It is now submerged in Lake Nubia. On the East bank, across the river, there was another ancient settlement, where the town of Wadi Halfa now stands.

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References

  1. ↑ George A. Reisner, "The Viceroys of Ethiopia", Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 6, No. 1. (Jan., 1920), pp. 38-39.
  2. ↑ H. S. Smith: The Fortress of Buhen, The Inscriptions, London 1976, ISBN   0307-5109  Parameter error in {{ isbn }}: Invalid ISBN., pp. 124-129, plates XXIX, LXXV, 3,4
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