Imhotep (vizier)

Imhotep was the governor of the city (in Thebes), a judge and a vizier under Thutmose I. He was also said to be a tutor to the sons of the king.[1]

Imhotep
Vizier
Dynasty18th Dynasty
PharaohThutmose I.

QV46

Imhotep was buried in tomb QV 46 in the Valley of the Queens. The tomb was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli during an expedition which took place between 1903 and 1905. The tomb is a simple shaft with a single chamber that contained the burial. During there excavations his mummy was recovered along with funerary goods.[1] The finds included coffin-fragments, a canopic jar inscribed with his name, and an alabaster oval plaque.[2] These objects are now in the Museo Egizio in Turin, as well as mummified ducks in boxes, wooden boxes, and baskets found in the tomb.[1]

Ostraca from the later Ramesside Period were recovered from near the tomb's entrance.[1]

References
  1. Demas, Martha, and Neville Agnew, eds. 2012. Valley of the Queens Assessment Report: Volume 1. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Conservation Institute. Getty Conservation Institute, link to article
  2. Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume I: The Theban Necropolis, Part 2. Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries, Griffith Institute. 1964, pg 766-7


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