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Djehutynefer

Djehutynefer, also called Seshu, was an Egyptian royal scribe of Dynasty 18, known from funerary cones and a stamped brick from his tomb-chapel at Dra Abu el-Naga, Thebes.

Haapi

Haapi, also written Hapi, was an Egyptian commissioner resident in Sumur in Canaan, accused in seven Amarna letters of the mid-14th century BC of betraying Egyptian interests to Aziru of Amurru.

Hapuseneb

Hapuseneb (Hepuseneb) was High Priest of Amun and apparently also vizier under Hatshepsut during Dynasty 18 of the New Kingdom, around 1479–1458 BC; his tomb is TT 67 at Thebes.

Hatiay

Hatiay was a royal scribe and high official of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty under Amenhotep III, buried in Theban tomb TT 226 at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.

Henut-wedjebu

Henut-wedjebu was an Egyptian noblewoman of the 18th Dynasty, living around 1350 BCE in Thebes, a temple singer of Amun known from her gilded coffin, mummy, and inscribed shabti.

Henutmehyt

Henutmehyt was a wealthy Egyptian chantress of Amun of the Nineteenth Dynasty, buried at Thebes about 1200 BC; her gilded burial equipment is split between the British Museum and Reading Museum.

Hepu (vizier)

Hepu was an ancient Egyptian official who served as vizier of Upper Egypt, the southern vizier, under King Thutmose IV of the 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom.

Heqanakht (viceroy of Kush)

Heqanakht, also known as Hekanakht, was a viceroy of Kush, governing Egyptian Nubia under Ramesses II, attested from year 3 of his reign by a stela from Serra in Sudan.

Hesunebef

Hesunebef, also written Hesysunebef, was a workman and Deputy of the royal tomb-builders' village of Deir el-Medina in Egypt's 20th Dynasty, c. 1190 BC; a former slave, he was adopted by the foreman Neferhotep.

Hori (High Priest of Osiris)

Hori was High Priest of Osiris at Abydos during the reign of Ramesses II in Dynasty 19, succeeding his father Wenennefer, whose family held the office for generations.

Hori (High Priest of Ptah)

Hori was High Priest of Ptah at Memphis, son of the royal prince Khaemwaset and grandson of Ramesses II, taking office around 1215 BCE and serving into Merneptah's reign.

Hori (Viceroy of Kush)

Hori I (Hori, son of Kama) was a Viceroy of Kush, the Egyptian governor of Nubia, who served under Ramesses III and Ramesses IV in the 20th Dynasty.

Hori II (High Priest of Ptah)

Hori II was a High Priest of Ptah at Memphis in ancient Egypt during the Ramesside period, one of several holders of that office named Hori.

Hori II (vizier)

Hori was a vizier of ancient Egypt who served as vizier of Lower Egypt under Sethos II, then as vizier of Upper Egypt under Ramesses III.

Hormeni

Hormeni was an early 18th Dynasty Egyptian official whose decorated rock-cut tomb at Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) is securely dated by cartouches to the reign of Thutmose I.

Hunefer (mayor of Thebes)

Hunefer was an ancient Egyptian official who served as mayor of Thebes under Ramesses II in the Nineteenth Dynasty; his granite sarcophagus stands in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

Hunefer (scribe)

Hunefer was a royal scribe and estate overseer serving Pharaoh Seti I of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty, known almost entirely through his richly illustrated Book of the Dead papyrus.

Huy (Viceroy of Kush)

Huy was an Egyptian official who held the office of King's Son of Kush, the viceroy heading the Egyptian administration of Nubia during the New Kingdom.

Huya (steward)

Huya was an Egyptian official of the late Eighteenth Dynasty who served as steward of Queen Tiye's household and owned rock tomb no. 1 at Amarna.

Iamunedjeh

Iamunedjeh, also written Amunedjeh, was an 18th-Dynasty Egyptian official who served Thutmose III as first royal herald and owned Theban tomb TT 84 at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, later usurped by the high priest Mery.

Imenmes

Imenmes was an Egyptian official of the New Kingdom's 18th Dynasty who served as chief of Amun's flocks, overseeing the god Amun's cattle; he is known from Louvre stele C 286.

Imiseba

Imiseba was an ancient Egyptian official, a priest and chief of the temple archives of the estate of Amun at Karnak in the late Twentieth Dynasty.

Ineni

Ineni, also rendered Anena or Anna, was an Egyptian official of Dynasty 18 who directed the granaries of Amun and the king's works at Thebes under Amenhotep I and later kings.

Inherkhau

Inherkhau, also Inerkhau or Anherkhau, was a foreman of the left side of the royal Tomb at Deir el-Medina in the 12th century BC; his tomb, TT359, is open to the public.

Intef (TT155)

Intef, also transcribed Antef, was an early 18th Dynasty Egyptian official who served as royal herald under Hatshepsut and Thutmose III and owned tomb TT 155 at Thebes.

Ipuki

Ipuki (also Ipuky) was an ancient Egyptian chief sculptor of the 18th Dynasty under Amenhotep III, known from the Theban tomb TT181, shared with fellow sculptor Nebamun.

Ipy (steward)

Ipy, also written Apy, was a royal steward of late Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt, serving under Amenhotep III, Akhenaten, and Tutankhamun, and owner of Amarna Tomb 10.

Irynefer

Irynefer was a necropolis workman at Deir el-Medina in the Theban West Bank during the early reign of Ramesses II, known chiefly from his tomb, TT 290.

Iset (priestess)

Iset, also transcribed Isis or Aset, was an Egyptian princess of the 20th Dynasty, a daughter of Ramesses VI who held the office of God's Wife of Amun.

Iuty (vizier)

Iuty was a vizier of ancient Egypt during the Ramesside period, known almost entirely from two canopic jars in Milan and a tomb at Bubastis in the Nile Delta.