Achethotep

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Achethotep was an ancient Egyptian civil servant who is best known for his tomb in Giza , some of which is decorated with reliefs. He lived in the 4th or 5th dynasty, around 2600 or around 2500 BC. Chr.

Achethotep's well-preserved mastaba is partly walled up and partly carved into the rock. Certain parts of the mastaba are decorated, such as B. Lintels and various false doors . Achethotep carried a number of titles, on the one hand titles related to the death cult of royal family members, on the other hand he also had administrative duties in the royal treasury. Akhethotep was among other royal acquaintance , head of the dead priests of the king's mother , head of the clerk in Achet-Khufu (name of the Great Pyramid ), clerk of the treasury and inspector of scribes of the treasury .

His wife Nikauhor also had a false door in the grave. She was King acquaintances and dead priestess of the Queen Mother . In the grave complex there is also the false door of the Kanefer and the Peseschet . They may have been Achethotep's parents, although their relationship to him is not specifically mentioned.

literature

  • Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , pp. 400–401 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Selim Hassan : Excavations at Giza, 1929–1930 , Vol. I, Oxford 1932, pp. 73–86 ( online )
  2. ↑ Selim Hassan: Excavations at Giza, 1929-1930 , Vol. I, Oxford 1932, p. 85, Fig. 144
personal data
SURNAME Achethotep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Treasury clerk
DATE OF BIRTH around 2600 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 2400 BC Chr.