Nakhtmin
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| Nakhtmin in hieroglyphs | ||||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | ||||
Nakhtmin held the position of generalissimo during the reign of Pharoah Tutankhamun of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. His titles during the reign of Tutankhamun also included "the true servant who is beneficial to his lord, the king's scribe", "the king's scribe", "the servant beloved of his lord", "the fan-bearer on the right-hand of the king", and "the servant who causes to live the name of his lord." [1] These titles were found on six ushabtis that Nakhtmin gave as a funerary present for Pharoah Tutankhamun.[2] He was the heir to the throne during the reign of the Pharoah Aye though he never became a pharoah. It is assumed that he died towards the end of the reign of Ay (when he seemingly vanished from all records) and Horemheb, the designated heir of Tutankhamun, became pharoah instead.[3][1]
Crown Prince
Nakhtmin may have been the son of Pharoah Ay as well as being Ay's heir to the throne. On a beautiful statue of Nakhtmin and his unnamed wife in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Nakhtmin was identified as the son of the king. This title could be completed as the son of the king of his own body which would make him the son of Ay, or it could be completed as the son of the king of Kush. There is no record of a Viceroy of Kush by the name of Nakhtmin, and it seems that the nobleman Paser was Viceroy during that time period. This has led to the identification of Nakhtmin as Ay's son.[3]
The statue with the inscription has suffered extensive damage. Only two pieces remain, the head and shoulders of Nakhtmin and the upper part of the body and head of his wife. Both statues look as though the eyes, nose and mouth have been deliberately damaged. This has been interpreted as some form of persecution even after death.[4] His stelae--which had been set up at his (and Ay's) native city of Akhmim--were defaced[5]. It is assumed that his tomb, which was never discovered, has been given the same treatment as that of Ay.[1]
References
- ^ a b c James Roger Black "The Instruction of Amenemope: A critical edition and commentary, prolegomenon and prologue" University of Wisconsin-Madison 2006
- ^ Howard Carter "The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter" New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1963
- ^ a b Wolfgang Helck "Urkunden der 18. Dynastie: Texte der Hefte" Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1984
- ^ The Egyptian Museum Cairo: Official Catalogue, items 195-196.
- ^ Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt "Tutankhamen: Life and Death of a Pharaoh" New York: N. Y. Graphic Society 1963