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Mother
  
Zatip

House
  
Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt

Children
  
Ankhu

Great grandchild
  
Neferkare Iymeru

Wife
  
Henutpu

Pharaoh
  
Amenemhat III

Grandchild
  
Iymeru

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Zamonth or Samont (son of Monthu) was an Ancient Egyptian vizier who was in office at the end of the Twelfth Dynasty, around 1800 BC.

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Biography

Zamonth is known from a stela, showing him sitting in front of an offering table. The stela is now on display in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. The mother of Zamonth is a woman called Zatip. A mouth of Nekhen Zamonth with the same mother is known from several rock inscriptions in Lower Nubia. They date to the years 6 and 9 of king Amenemhat III and report a small military campaign against Nubia. It seems likely that both sources refer to the same person, the Nubian inscriptions belong to the time before he was promoted to the position of a vizier.

An offering chapel of Senwosret (Vienna AS 198), a reporter of the vizier, may belong to a servant of Zamonth. A person with the same name and title is mentioned on the Stela in Cairo (CG 20102).

Family

Zamont was married to a lady named Henutpu. Children include:

  • Senebtifi. The stela of Zamonth shows his son standing opposite him. The inscriptions identify him as the royal sealer and priest of Amun Senebtifi.
  • Ankhu, the famous vizier, may have been a son of Zamonth. The wife of Zamonth is called Henutpu, the mother of Ankhu has the same name. It is known that Ankhu was the son of a vizier.
  • References

    Zamonth Wikipedia