Khenmes was an Egyptian vizier during the early 13th Dynasty, in the late Middle Kingdom.https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/person/461 One monument associates him with king Sekhemkare. He is believed to have resided in Itjtawy in Lower Egypt.Alexander Ilin-Tomich: "The Vizier Ankhu and the Dual Vizierate in the Late Middle Kingdom", inː Journal of Egyptian History, 14 (2021), 153
Biography Family The mother of the vizier was a certain woman called Sat-khenty-khety.https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/person/1103 She is mentioned on his monuments. The name of one of his sons in a rock inscription is not well preserved but his title royal sealer implies that he was a high official at the royal court
Career Vizier We only have attestations from the time when he was a vizier (ṯꜣtj). The vizier was the most important official after the king.
His title string has two variations: jmj-rꜣ njwt; ṯꜣtj; jmj-rꜣ ḥwt-wrt 6 (BM EA 75196) jrj-pꜥt; ḥꜣtj-ꜥ; jmj-rꜣ njwt; ṯꜣtj (de Morgan, Cat. I, 26 (186 (right)))
Attestations Khenmes is known for sure only from two sources. A fragment of a statue in the British Museum (EA75196). Khenmes is also attested in a rock inscription found Aswan.
BM EA75196 | A granodiorite statue of man seated on the ground belonging to Khenmes, including the royal name of king Sekhemkare.https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/1274https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA75196
de Morgan, Cat. I, 26 186 | At the Aswan-Philae road a rock inscription by vizier Khenmes.https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/1273 It mentions his mother and two children. His wife may be Senebtify.https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/person/2153
Weaker attestations Aswan 1314 (weak) | At Elephantine, a stela which may relate to his family.https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/504 Family members seems different, Ameny not mentioned.
Khartoum 2650 (weak) | At Semna, a table belonging to Ameny, who may have been the son of Khenmes.https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/3346 However, the name Ameny was common and this may refer to a different person.
P. Ramesseum 18 (weak) | At the Ramesseum, a hieratic text which mentions a reporter named Khenmes.https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/10475 Only the name is similar with a different title.
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