Nakhtmin (troop commander)

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Nakhtmin
Troop Commander of Kush, Royal Envoy to Every Foreign Land
Predecessor Pennesuttawy
Successor Anhurnakht (Troop Commander)
Dynasty 19th Dynasty
Pharaoh Ramesses II
FatherPennesuttawy
MotherMaia
WifeTanedjemet
Children Anhurnakht (Troop Commander)
Burial TT282

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

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Family

Nakhtmin's parents were the Troop Commander Pennesuttawy and Maia. [1] His father's family is extensively recorded. Pennetsuttawy's parents were Minhotep and Maia. [2] Nakhtmin's uncles were the High Priest of Amun Parennefer and the High Priest of Min and Isis named Minmose. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume III, Blackwell Publishers, 1996, pg 78 - 79, 193-195
  3. 1 2 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