Akhtihotep

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Akhtihotep in hieroglyphics
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Achtihotep
(Achti-hotep)
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Antico regno, IV dinastia, rilievo parietale dalla tomba di akhethotep, 2640-2520 ac ca, da mastaba G 7650 a giza.jpg
Museo Barracco ; Rome (MB 3)

Akhtihotep was an ancient Egyptian official of the 4th Dynasty in the Old Kingdom . He worked during and after the late reign of Cheops and may not belong to the royal family. He held the offices of administrator of the palace and overseer of fish and poultry , priest of Cheops and priest of the Bas von Nechen and also carried the title of only friend . He was married to Meretites, the birth king's daughter , priestess of Cheops, Hathor and Neith . There is some evidence that Meretites was a biological daughter of Cheops.

Grave complex

The only partially completed double grave complex (G 7650) is located in the east cemetery of Gizeh , directly to the south of the great mastaba of Anchhaf (G 7510) and was classified by George Andrew Reisner in the Chephr time . More recent studies suggest, however, that parts of the core masonry were built in the last years of Cheops and that a burial chapel was added to the south. The burial chapel contains two false doors . Reliefs show the couple and two sons: Teti and Neferhetep. Akhtihotep's granite sarcophagus from the burial chamber is now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston , as are the relief fragments and parts of a heavily damaged replacement head that was found in the street in front of the mastaba.

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 , p. 400 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
  • Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 , pp. 52, 56, 60 ( PDF file; 67.9 MB ); retrieved from the Internet Archive .
  • Laurel Flentye: The Mastabas of Ankh-haf (G 7510) and Akhethetep and Meretites (G 7650) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza. A reassessment. In: Zahi A. Hawass , Janet Richards (Eds.): The Archeology and Art of Ancient Egypt. Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor. Volume 1 (= Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte. Issue 36). Cairo, Conseil Suprême des Antiquités de l'Égypte 2007, ISBN 978-977-437-241-4 , pp. 291–308 ( PDF file; 10.0 MB ); Retrieved from Digital Giza - The Giza Project at Harvard University .
  • 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, pp. 200–201, map XXXI ( PDF file; 19.5 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .
  • George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume 1. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1942, pp. 47, 73, 212, 308 ( PDF file; 249 MB ); Retrieved from Digital Giza .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London 2004, p. 60.
  2. ↑ George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume 1, 1942.
  3. ↑ Laurel Flentye: The Mastabas of Ankh-haf (G 7510) and Akhethetep and Meretites (G 7650) in the Eastern Cemetry at Giza. A reassessment.
  4. ↑ Inventory number: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 48.110, 48.100 and 27-4-1219.
personal data
SURNAME Akhtihotep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH between 27th century BC BC and 26th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH between 27th century BC BC and 25th century BC Chr.