Chaemtir (Treasurer)

Chaemtir in hieroglyphs
Chaemtir (Cha em tir) Ḫˁ m tjr

Chaemtir was an ancient Egyptian treasurer of the 20th dynasty , who under Ramses III. , Ramses IV and Ramses V served.

In the third year of Ramses IV, he took part in the great expedition to the Wadi Hammamat and is otherwise occupied in the second and fourth years. His traces can be seen until the end of Ramses III. in the 26th year of his reign, where he and other high officials investigated unmentioned incidents in Deir el-Medina . In or after the year 3 of Ramses V it is reported in a papyrus that he checked a treasure house of Khnum in Elephantine and discovered irregularities there. The last mention was made in the fourth year of Ramses V.

According to Helck, his activities clearly indicate that he officiated in the southern half of the country. At the beginning of the reign of Ramses IV. Chaemtir was removed from office for a short time, because at that time a southern treasury manager named Paiefraui appeared.

In contrast to the northern treasury chief Monthemtaui , Chaemtir only had the title Imi-ra-per-hedj ("Treasury chief").

literature

• Wolfgang Helck : On the administration of the Middle and New Kingdom (= problems of Egyptology. Vol. 3). Brill, Leiden 1958, pp. 412-414, 519-520.
• AJ Peden: The reign of Ramesses IV. Aris & Phillips, Warminster 1994, ISBN 0-85668-622-0 , p. 58.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ everything according to W. Helck: For the administration of the Middle and New Reich. Leiden 1958, p. 519.
2. ^ Ostracon Deir el-Medina (O. DeM); also Ostrakon Deir el-Medineh and Ostrakon Deir Medina (O. DM), 44 recto  21. (from: AJ Peden: The reign of Ramesses IV. Warminster 1994) and online at: wepwawet.nl  ; last updated July 26, 2006; Last accessed on March 19, 2016 ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
3. ↑ Papyrus Mallet V, 5. (Louvre, inventory number: 1050)
4. ^ Ostrakon Deir el-Medina (O. DeM), 148 recto 13. (from: AJ Peden: The reign of Ramesses IV. Warminster 1994)
5. ^ W. Helck: For the administration of the Middle and New Reich. Leiden 1958, p. 412.
6. ^ Papyrus Turin 1887 recto 2. (from: AJ Peden: The reign of Ramesses IV. Warminster 1994)
7. ↑ 17.  Peret  II, year 4 on the ostracon Edgerton , 14 and Papyrus Wilbour . (from: AJ Peden: The reign of Ramesses IV. Warminster 1994)
8. ^ W. Helck: For the administration of the Middle and New Reich. Leiden 1958, pp. 413-414.
9. ^ AJ Peden: The reign of Ramesses IV. Warminster 1994, p. 58.