Anchhor

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Anchhor in hieroglyphics
Surname
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Ankh -Hor
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Horus lives
Shabti for Ankhhor

Anchhor , also Anch-hor , was a high ancient Egyptian dignitary who held office mainly under King Psammetichus II / Apries in the 26th dynasty .

supporting documents

Ankhhor is best known for the shabtis who pass on his high titles. They show one of the most important titles (“ governor ” or “ mayor ”). In addition, he appears as the "chief steward of the wife of God Nitokris and the head of all of Upper Egypt". He exercised this office since 594 BC. for 8 to 9 years, making him the highest civil servant in Egypt. Other titles are known from his grave: z. B. "Governor of Oxyrhynchos ", "Governor of Bahariyya Oasis ", "Great Governor of Memphis / Great of Memphis", "Chief Steward of the Praying Mantis of Amun", "Chief of the Prophets of Amun in Thebes", "Chief of the Prophets of Thoth , the twice great, the Lord of Hermopolis ”and“ Prophet of Amonrasonther ”.

His parents and two brothers are mentioned in his grave, but no wife is mentioned. The grave equipment also included a stele that mentions a daughter. His father was the beloved God father Hor, his mother a certain Schepenun.

Grave complex

His monumental grave conditioning TT414 he was in al-Asasif that at the foot of the demolition Halden for the temple of Mentuhotep and Thutmose III. lies, erect. Particular importance was attached to the fact that the tomb was as close as possible to the sacred valley of Deir el Bahari .

See also

literature

  • Manfred Bietak , E. Reiser Haslauer: The grave of Anch-Hor, chief steward of the wife of God Nitokris (= investigations of the Cairo branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute. Volumes 4-5./ Memoranda of the entire academy . Volumes 6-7). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1978/1982.
  • Hans-Dieter Schneider: Shabtis: an introduction to the history of ancient Egyptian funerary statuettes, with a catalog of the collection of Shabtis in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden (= Collection of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden. Volume 2). Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 1977, items 5.3.1.206 ff, p. 195f.
  • Jacques Aubert, Liliane Aubert: Statuettes égyptiennes: chaouabtis, ouchebtis. Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient, Paris 1974, p. 218.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ M. Bietak, E. Reiser Haslauer: The grave of Anch-Hor, chief steward of the wife of God Nitokris. Vienna 1978/1982.
  2. ↑ M. Bietak, E. Reiser Haslauer: The grave of Anch-Hor, chief steward of the wife of God Nitokris. Part 1, Vienna 1978, p. 41.
  3. ↑ Diana Alexandra Pressl: Officials and soldiers: The administration in the 26th dynasty in Egypt (664-525 BC). P. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-631-32586-X , pp. 210-211.
personal data
SURNAME Anchhor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ankh-hor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian official of the 26th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.
Place of death Thebes