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Nakht

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Ancient Egypytian scribe

This article is about the 18th Dynasty Egyptian scribe. For the Jewish legal definition of nighttime, seeHebrew calendar § Measurement of hours. For other Egyptian officials with this name, seeNakht (disambiguation).

Nakht
Scribe and astronomer of Amun
Nakht smelling a lotus while being embraced by his wife, Tawy, while also sitting in front of a set of offerings. Tomb TT52,Thebes, Egypt
Dynasty	Eighteenth of Egypt
Pharaoh	Thutmose IV
Burial	TT52
Spouse	Tawy

Nakht was anancient Egyptian official who held the position of ascribe and astronomer ofAmun, probably during the reign ofThutmose IV of theEighteenth Dynasty. He was buried in theTheban Necropolis in tombTT52.^[1]^[2]

^De Garis Davies, N. (1917).The tomb of Nakht at Thebes. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
^Porter, B.; Moss, R. L. B.; Burney, E. W. (1960). "Tomb 52. Nakht, Scribe, Astronomer of Amun".Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. Volume I: The Theban Necropolis, Part 1: Private Tombs (Second, revised and augmented ed.). Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum. pp. 99–102.