Montuemhat

Mentuemhat (c. 700 BCE – c. 650 BCE) was a Theban official from ancient Egypt who lived during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was the Fourth Priest of Amun in Thebes.

He is known from many statues, and was buried in tomb TT34 of the Theban Necropolis.

Mentuemhat's father likely served as Mayor of Thebes during the reign of Shebitku. Montuemhat's father Nesptah passed on the position of Mayor of Thebes to his nephew Remmakheru and later to Montuemhat himself. Mentuemhat served during the reigns of Taharqa and Psamtik I, which cover parts of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.

When Tantamani came to power the Assyrians under Assurbanipal attacked Egypt. Tantamani fled to Thebes, but the Assyrians pursued him there. Tantamani fled further south, while the Assyrians looted Thebes. After this episode Thebes became a more or less independent entity under the rule of the Mayor Montuemhat. Thebes would have been ruled by Montuemhat and the God's Wife Shepenwepet II.

When Psamtik I comes to the throne he negotiates a deal in year 9 where Shepenupet II adopts Psamtik's daughter . This negotiation would have been overseen by Montuemhat. These events were commemorated in a series of reliefs in the Temple of Mut. The Adoption Stela of Nitocris lists offerings made by Mentuemhat, his son Nesptah and his wife Wadjerenes.

Mentuemhat was the son of Nesptah (A), the third Prophet of Amun and Mayor of Thebes, and Istemkheb (C).

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