Autobiography of Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet
Ahmose Pennechbet, also Ahmosepennechbet ( proper name spelling) and Ahmose -pen- Nekhbet (pen - Nekhbet = the goddess Nekhbet Associated ) was an Egyptian official at the time of the New Kingdom. Its at least 58 -year career began in the 22nd year of King Ahmose I as an infantryman, as the Egyptians after the successful siege of Sharuhen their armies deeper into the coastal region of the Levant, egyptian Djahi were advancing.
Ahmose Pennechbet took a steep climb before he also served under the following kings. The autobiographical inscriptions in his rock grave in el- Kab provide important information regarding the understanding of the 18th Dynasty is:
" I followed the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt, the gods; I was with their Majesties as they went to the south and north country, to which they went anywhere himself; (of ) King Neb pechti - Re ( Ahmose I ), the Blessed, King Djeser -ka- Re ( Amenhotep I ), the Blessed, King Aa - cheper -ka- Re ( Thutmose I ), the blessed, King Aa - cheper -en- Re ( Thutmose II ), the Blessed, by this good God, King of Men - cheper - Re ( Thutmose III. ), which is given to us eternal life. "
Under Ahmose I, he participated in the campaigns in northern Canaan. He followed Amenhotep I in the expeditions to Nubia, Thutmose I assisted in Naharina and led together companies with Thutmose II in Sinai by. Ahmose Pennechbet received several awards and titles. He was treasurer treasurer of Hatshepsut and entrusted with the education of their eldest daughter Neferu- Re:
" I've reached a nice age, as I was in the life of the king ... It did me the favor of the God's Wife, the Great Royal Wife Maat -ka- Re ( Hatshepsut ), the Blessed. I pulled her eldest daughter, the princess Neferu -Re, the Blessed, when she was a child who was at the breast. "
Ahmose Pennechbet died after Toby Wilkinson, at the time of coregency of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III. A comparison of the translations of the quotes listed above suggests a death after the death of Hatshepsut, as they are not, as in the first quote Thutmose III. , With the phrase " ( the / key ) is given eternal life " was considered.