Anchmeryre

Anchmeryre , also Hetepka (I.) , was a high ancient Egyptian official of the 6th Dynasty . He held numerous important titles. At the end of his career, he was promoted to vizier , which was the highest state office at the time.

Anchmeryre is known from the grave complex of his father Mehu in Sakkara . In his mastaba he converted a storage room into his cult chapel, which has a false door on the west wall and whose other walls are decorated with reliefs. Anchmeryre had numerous important titles. He was the "head of the business operations" ( jmj-r3-gs-pr ), "head of the two barns", "head of all the king's work" and "head of the two treasure houses". He was likely promoted to vizier at the end of his career. His name is the throne name of King Pepi I. formed. This indicates that he was born under this king. But it is also possible that he only adopted this name when he made a career under Pepi I. In fact, there is evidence that he was first given the name Hetepka at birth. Anchmeryre comes from a family that provided several viziers and was therefore very powerful. Like his father, Mehu, and himself, Hetepka (II.), Anchmeryre's son, became a vizier.

literature

• Hartwig Altenmüller : The wall representations in the grave of Mehu in Saqqara (= archaeological publications. Vol. 42). von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-0504-4 , pp. 63-65.