Chenu (vizier)

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Depiction of Chenu in the mortuary temple of Pepi II.

Chenu was an ancient Egyptian civil servant in the 6th Dynasty who served as a vizier and was in office under King Pepi II . He is only known from a representation in the pyramid temple of the Pepi II pyramid in Saqqara . There he is shown standing. Remains of the vizier's structure and his name are above him. Nigel Strudwick dates it to the second quarter of the ruler's approximately 60-year reign.

literature

  • Gustave Jéquier : Le monument funéraire de Pepi II, Le temple , Le Caire, 1938, plate 45 ( online )
  • Nigel Strudwick: The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom. The Highest Titles and their Holders. KPI, London 1985, ISBN 0-7103-0107-3 , p. 125 ( PDF file; 20.4 MB ); Retrieved from Digital Giza .
personal data
SURNAME Chenu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Head of the double barn
DATE OF BIRTH 24th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 24th century BC BC or 23rd century BC Chr.