Amethu called Ahmose

{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian vizier}} {{Infobox Egyptian dignitary | Name= Amethu called Ahmose | Style = [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|Vizier]] of [[Upper Egypt|the South]] | Image = |Caption= | Egyptian_name = <hiero>O29:D38-T-w</hiero><ref name="PM" /> | Predecessor= | Successor= [[Useramen]] | Dynasty= [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|18th Dynasty]] | Pharaoh= [[Thutmose II]], [[Hatshepsut]] and [[Thutmose III]] | Father= | Mother= | Wife= Ta-Amethu | Children= Useramen, [[Neferweben]], Amenhotep, Akheperkare | Burial= Thebes [[TT83]] }}

'''Amethu called Ahmose''' was a [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|vizier]] of [[ancient Egypt]].<ref name="PM" /> He served during the reign of [[Thutmose II]] and the early years of the reign of [[Hatshepsut]] and [[Thutmose III]] of the [[18th Dynasty]].<ref name="euler">[http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Hatshepsut.html Hatshepsut] by Anneke Bart</ref>

==Family== His wife's name was Ta-Amethu. Their children include the viziers [[Useramen]] and [[Neferweben]]. Two additional sons are known from [[Thebes, Egypt|Theban]] tomb [[TT122]]: Amenhotep, an Overseer of the Magazine of [[Amun]], and Akheperkare, a prophet of [[Montu]].<ref name="PM">Porter, B. and Moss R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings: The Theban Necropolis, Part One: Private Tombs. Second Edition. Griffith Institute. Oxford. 1994</ref>

Amethu called Ahmose and his wife Ta-Amethu also had several grandchildren. The later second prophet of Amun Merymaat was a son of Amenhotep. Vizier [[Rekhmire]] was a son of Neferweben.<ref name="PM"/>

==Tombs and burial== Amethu called Ahmose was buried in [[TT83]] in [[Sheikh Abd el-Qurna]], Thebes.<ref name="PM" />

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[[Category:Viziers of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt]]