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Khaemhat, also called Mahu was an ancient Egyptian high official in charge under king Amenhotep III (about 1388 BC to 1351 BC/1350 BC). Khaemhat was ''royal scribe'' and ''overseer of the double granary of Upper and Lower Egypt'' and was therefore responsible for the grain and food supply to the royal palace. Khaemhat is mainly known from his Theban tomb chapel ( TT57) that is decorated with reliefs and showing him twice in front of king Amenhotep III. Khaemhat is also mentioned on jar labels found at
/ref> Khaemhat was the son of an official called Iemhotep.
Khaemhat, also called Mahu was an ancient Egyptian high official in charge under king Amenhotep III (about 1388 BC to 1351 BC/1350 BC). Khaemhat was ''royal scribe'' and ''overseer of the double granary of Upper and Lower Egypt'' and was therefore responsible for the grain and food supply to the royal palace. Khaemhat is mainly known from his Theban tomb chapel ( TT57) that is decorated with reliefs and showing him twice in front of king Amenhotep III. Khaemhat is also mentioned on jar labels found at Malqata
Malkata (or Malqata; ar, الملقطة, lit=the place where things are picked up), is the site of an Ancient Egyptian palace complex built during the New Kingdom, by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III. It is located on the West Bank of th ...
, the palace of the king. The inscriptions date to year 30 and year 39 of the king's reign, providing evidence that he was in charge in the later years of the king's 39 years long reign.William C. Hayes: ''Inscriptions from the Palace of Amenhotep III'', in: ''Journal of Near Eastern Studies'', Vol. 10, No. 2. (Apr., 1951), p. 100, online/ref> Khaemhat was the son of an official called Iemhotep.
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