Aametju

The hieroglyphic name of Aametju

Aametju was acourt official from the Eighteenth  Dynasty. He  attended  Queen-Pharaoh  Hatshepsut (1473-1458 B.C.E.) as vizier or rating governor. Aametju went to  a  powerful  family  of  Thebes. His  father,  Neferuben, was  regulator, or  vizier,  of  Lower  Egypt  and  his  uncle, Userman,  helped  Tuthmosis III (1479-1425  B.C.E.)  in the  same  side.  Usermans  tomb  at  Thebes  controls wall paintings that picture the installation of government officials in quite elaborate ceremonials.

The  most  famous  member  of  Aametjus  family  was Rekhmire, who superseded Userman as vizier for Tuthmosis III. Rekhmirs big tomb at Thebes controls historically vital  scenes  and  texts  relating  the  demands  and responsibilities  of  government  service  in  Egypt.  Some  of these texts were reportedly dictated to Rekhmir by Tuthmosis III himself. Another family that exposed the same sort of  dedicated  performers  is  the  clan  of  the  Amenemopets.

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