Achi (site manager)

Achi in hieroglyphics
Achi A3ḫj

Achi was an ancient Egyptian site manager ("head of all work"). He also held the title of " Head of the Two Treasure Houses " (Imi-ra-perui-hedj / Jmj-r3-prwj-ḥḏ ) and "Head of the Royal Barn". He lived during the reign of the King ( Pharaoh ) Menkaure in the 4th Dynasty (2539/2489 to 2461 v. Chr.) In Lower Egypt Memphis . He is known for his mastaba grave G 4750, which was found in the cemetery of Gizeh-West .

literature

• Yvonne Ott: Achi. In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 3.
• Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss , Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Volume III: Memphis. Part 1: Abû Rawâsh to Abûṣîr. 2nd edition, revised and expanded by Jaromír Málek . The Clarendon Press / Griffith Institute / Ashmolean Museum , Oxford 1974, p. 137, map XV ( PDF file; 19.5 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .
• Hermann Junker (editor): Gîza I. The mastabas of the IV dynasty in the Westfriedhof. Report on the work carried out by the Academy of Sciences in Vienna at joint expense with Dr. Wilhelm Pelizaeus undertook excavations in the cemetery of the Old Kingdom near the pyramids of Gîza. Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Philosophical-Historical Class, Memoranda, Volume 69, First Treatise, Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna / Leipzig 1929, pp. 234–242 ( PDF file; 69.6 MB ); Retrieved from Digital Giza - The Giza Project at Harvard University .

Web links

• Digital Giza: Akhi (G 4750)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bertha Porter, Rosalind LB Moss, Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Volume III: Memphis. Part 1: Abû Rawâsh to Abûṣîr. 1974, p. 137.
2. ^ Hermann Junker (editor): Gîza I. The mastabas of the 4th dynasty on the Westfriedhof. 1929, p. 234.