Minemhat (

Min Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (Amtrak ...

is at the front) was the mayor of Koptos during the 17th Dynasty. Minemhat appears in three sources making him one of the best attested private individuals of the period and attesting that he was a highly influential person.

Attestations

Serving under Nubkheperre Intef

Minemhat appears on the

Coptos Decree The Coptos Decree of Nubkheperre Intef is a legal ruling written in hieroglyphic on the wall of the Min-temple in Coptos. Content of the Decree The Coptos Decree was issued by Nubkheperre Intef to the ''mayor of Koptos'' Minemhat concerning the ...

dates to Year 3 of King

Nubkheperre Intef Nubkheperre Intef (or Antef, Inyotef, sometimes referred to as Intef VI) was an Egyptian king of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt at Thebes during the Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was divided by rival dynasties including the Hyksos in Lo ...

. This is a royal decree addressed to certain officials at Koptos with Minemhat appearing as the first one with the titles ''royal sealer'' and ''mayor of Koptos''. The decree is about the removal of

Teti, Son of Minhotep Teti, Son of Minhotep, was an Egyptian official in Coptos during the reign of Pharaoh Nubkheperre Intef of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt (reigned c.1571 to mid-1560s BCE). His only clear attestation is in the Coptos Decree, which deprives him of ...

, from his position in the temple at Koptos.

Mining Expedition

At Gebel Zeit, several mining expeditions went to the galena mines, often departing from Coptos (Quft). There is evidence of Min worship indicating a relation to the Temple of Min at Coptos. The stela erected by Minemhat, a nomarch of Coptos, indicating his participation in a mining expedition during the 17th Dynasty.

Associated with Seqenenre Djehuty-aa

Minemhat appears on a box in the burial of

Hornakht Prince Hornakht (or Harnakht) was the son of pharaoh Osorkon II of the 22nd Dynasty. He was appointed by Osorkon II to the office of chief priest of Amun at Tanis to strengthen this king's authority in Lower Egypt. However, this was primarily a ...

,A. Mariette: ''Monuments divers recueillis en Egypte et en Nubie par Auguste Mariette-Pacha. Ouvrage publie sous le auspices de S.A. Ismaile Paha Khedivve d'Egypte'', Texte par G. Maspero, Paris 1892, pl. 51 showing that he had links to officials at Thebes. Other items in the burial of Hornakht also mentions Sobeknakht of Elkab and king Djehuty-aa.

References

Officials of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt