Ankhmare

Ankhmare
Vizier of Egypt
Egyptian name
Tenure	c. 2525 BC
Pharaoh	Menkaure
Burial	Giza, Giza Governorate, Egypt
Father	Khafre

Ankhmare (fl. c. 2525 BC) was an ancient Egyptian prince and vizier of the 4th Dynasty. His titles include king's eldest son of his body (sA-nswt n Xt=f), as well as chief justice and vizier (smsw tAjtj sAb TAtj). Ankhmare was a son of King Khafre and was named after the god Ra.

Titles

His titles include:

• Hereditary prince, count, the eldest King's son of his body
• Chief Ritualist of His Father
• Chief justice and vizier
• Treasurer of his father, the King of Lower Egypt.

Tomb

Ankhmare's tomb is G 8460, located in the Central Field, which is part of the Giza Necropolis. The entrance leads to a rock-cut chapel. Two pillars divide the chapel into two parts. In the area behind the pillars three burial shafts are dug into the floor.

• Shaft no 1350 contained a skeleton. Foot prints of a man and a boy were found in the area around the body. These presumably belonged to the grave robbers who violated the burial chamber in antiquity.
• Shaft no 1351 was a simple pit.
• Shaft no 1352 contained a limestone sarcophagus which was placed against the west wall.

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