Nakhtmin

The identity of Nakhtmin's father is not known with certainty. Some scholars suggest that he may have been the son of pharaoh Ay, his mother being known from a statue to be the 'Adoratrix of Min, Songstress of Isis' Iuy. Nakhtmin appears to have been the chosen successor to Ay, but died before he could succeed. On a beautiful statue of Nakhtmin and his wife in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Nakhtmin was identified as the "Crown Prince" (jrj-pꜥt) and "King's Son". (zꜣ-nswt) His stelae—which had been set up at his (and Ay's) native city of Akhmim—were defaced. It is assumed that his tomb, which was never discovered, has been given the same treatment as that of Ay. ==References==