Ankhkherednefer

block statue of Ankhkherednefer

Ankhkherednefer in hieroglyphs

Ankhkherednefer (name formerly read as Ankhrenepnefer, or Ankhsherynefer) was an Ancient Egyptian official known from a block statue found in the Tell el-Maskhuta (perhaps ancient Pithom). The statue, made of red granite is now in the British Museum (BM 1007). Ankhkherednefer served under king Osorkon II whose name appears on the statue. On the statue he bears the titles inspector of the palace (rwDw n aH); good recorder of the house of Atum, lord of an (sXAw nfr n pr-itmw nb an) and highest lieutenant of the king (Hry idnw n pr-aA).

Literature

• Edouard Naville: The Store-city of Pithom and the Route of the Exodus, London, 1885, S. 13-14 with English translations of the texts, Frontispice, Text on plate IV). online
• Karl Jansen-Winkeln: Ägyptische Biographien der 22. und 23. Dynasstie, Teil 1, Wiesbaden 1985, S. 269-71 ISBN 3-447-02525-5
• Karl Jansen-Winkeln: Inschriften der Spätzeit, Bd. II: Die 22.-24. Dynastie, Wiesbaden, 2007, S. 126-127

External links

• Statue of Ankhkheerednefer
• British Museum: Statue of Ankhkheerednefer