Djehutyhotep, also called Paitsy, was a

Nubia Nubia () ( Nobiin: Nobīn, ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (just south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sud ...

n official under

Hatshepsut Hatshepsut (; also Hatchepsut; Egyptian: '' ḥꜣt- špswt'' "Foremost of Noble Ladies"; or Hatasu c. 1507–1458 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh, af ...

and

Thutmosis III Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from 28 ...

. He was ''chief of Teh-khet'' and was therefore a governor ruling a region in

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of the Egyptian state. In the New Kingdom, Egyptian kings had conquered Lower Nubia. To secure control over the new region they appointed people of the local elite as governors. Teh-khet was a Nubian region that covered the area about

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and Serra. The local governors here formed a family, while the governor proper held the title ''chief of Teh-khet''. Djehutyhotep's father

Ruiu Ruiu was a Nubian official at the beginning of the 18th Dynasty. He was ''chief of Teh-khet'' and was, therefore, a governor ruling a region in Lower Nubia for the Egyptian state. In the New Kingdom, Egyptian kings had conquered Lower Nubia. To sec ...

was also ''chief of Teh-khet''. His mother was called Runia. His wife was called Tenetnub. His brother Amenemhat was also ''chief of Teh-khet'' and followed Djehutyhotep in office. Djehutyhotep is known from several monuments. The most important one is his decorated rock-cut tomb in

-East. The rock-cut chapel consists of three chambers; the first one is decorated with paintings. A second room contained the badly preserved remains of statues. It is one of the very few decorated New Kingdom rock-cut tombs in Lower Nubia. Djehutyhotep is depicted next to his brother Amenemhat in the tomb of Senmose at

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. Senmose was the brother of Ruiu and therefore Djehutyhotep's uncle. Djehutyhotep appears in a short rock inscription near

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and on objects found at Debeira-West.Säve-Söderbergh: ''New Kingdom Pharaonic Sites, The Finds and the Sites'', p. 203

References

History of Nubia Officials of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt