Messuy

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Messuy
Viceroy of Kush
PredecessorKhaemtir
SuccessorSeti
Dynasty19th Dynasty
PharaohMerneptah and perhaps Seti II and Amenmesse
BurialTomb at Aniba[1]

Messuy (Messuwy) was Viceroy of Kush, Governor of the South Lands, Scribe of the Tables of the Two Lands during the reign of Merneptah and perhaps Seti II and Amenmesse.[1]

Viceroy of Kush[]

Messuy was appointed Viceroy of Kush in year 5 of Merneptah and followed Khaemtir in office. Messuy added many inscription to temples and sites in Nubia, including Amada, Aksha, Amara, Temple of Beit el-Wali, Wadi es-Sebua, and Bigeh Island.[1]

Identification of Messuy with Pharaoh Amenmesse[]

Rolf Krauss was the first to suggest that Messuy was to be identified with Amenmesse. Kraus conjectured that Messuy had taken power in Southern Egypt after a short reign of Seti-Merneptah, the son and heir of Merneptah.[2] One argument in favor of Viceroy Messuy taking on a royal role is an addition of a Uraeus to the brow of Messuy's depictions in the Temple of Amada.[3] Dodson for instance is a proponent of this theory, but it has not been generally accepted.[1] [4] Others such as Yurco suggest there is no uraeus, but merely weathering of the stone that gives a false impression of one.[1]

Death and Burial[]

Messuy may have been buried at Aniba. This tomb was excavated and published by Georg Steindorff.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Frank J. Yurco, Was Amenmesse the Viceroy of Kush, Messuwy?, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 34 (1997), pp. 49-56, Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40000798, Accessed: 22-04-2017
  2. ^ Rolf Krauss, "Untersuchungen zu Konig Amenmesse," 1. teil, Studien zur Altdgyptischen Kultur 4 (1976), 161-99; idem, "Untersuchungen zu Konig Amenmesse," 2. teil, SAKb (1977), 131-74. (reference from Yurco's 1977 article)
  3. ^ Aidan Dodson, Messuy, Amada, and Amenmesse. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 34 (1997), pp. 41-48, Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40000797 Accessed: 22-04-2017
  4. ^ Dodson, Poisoned Legacy: The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty, American University in Cairo Press, 2010
  5. ^ Georg Steindorff, Aniba, 3 vols. Mission Archeologique de Nubie 1929-1934 (Gluckstadt: J. J. Augustin, 1935-37), vol. 1, p. 79, tomb S90, p. 198, tomb S90, vol. 2, p. 58, SA36, plate 34, no. 6 door post with text of Messuwy. (reference via Yurco's article)
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