Minmontu ''(mn.w-mnṯ.w)'' was a

High Priest of Amun The High Priest of Amun or First Prophet of Amun ('' ḥm nṯr tpj n jmn'') was the highest-ranking priest in the priesthood of the ancient Egyptian god Amun. The first high priests of Amun appear in the New Kingdom of Egypt, at the beginnin ...

from the time of

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(

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). Minmontu is known from a funerary cone (UC37666) from Thebes, now at University College London. A heart scarab of Minmontu called Senres is in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Tomb

During an excavation campaign in 2005, about 250

funerary cone Funerary cones were small cones made from clay that were used in ancient Egypt, almost exclusively in the Theban Necropolis. The items were placed over the entrance of the Ancient_Egyptian_funerary_practices#Tombs, chapel of a tomb. Early example ...

s were found that

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assigned to Minmontu, the High Priest of Amun during the reign of Amenophis I. The cones were found in the forecourt of tomb TT232, which can be identified as his tomb.

References

14th-century BC clergy Priests of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Theban high priests of Amun {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub