Cheperkare

Cheperkare in hieroglyphics
Surname	Cheperkare (Cheper ka Re) Ḫpr k3 Rˁ Appearance of the Ka power of Re
Official title	Imi-ra-per-wer-en-ta-re-djeref Jmj-r3-pr-wr-n-t3-r-ḏr = f senior asset managers across the country

Cheperkare was a high ancient Egyptian civil servant with the official title of " senior asset manager ". He served in this capacity probably under King ( Pharaoh ) Amenemhet II. His name is the throne name of Sesostris I , which indicates that he was born under this or that his career began.

Cheperkare is known from three steles that come from three periods of his career. On one of them he bears the simple title of an “asset manager” (Imi-Ra-per - jmj-r3-pr ). On another stele he appears as a “ member of the elite ”, “foremost in action” and “head of cabinet”. Here he is also the “head of all the king's work” and reports on canal construction work in the Thinitic Gau . This stele is dated under Amenemhet II. His largest stele comes from the time he was promoted to "senior asset manager in the whole country". Here he carries numerous high titles, such as "Head of the whole country" or "Beloved Father of God".

His wife was called Hetepet, his mother Insedjemet, his father Tjau.

literature

• James P. Allen: The high officials of the early Middle Kingdom. In: N. Strudwick, J. Taylor (Eds.): The Theban Necropolis: past, present, and future. British Museum Press, London 2003, ISBN 0-7141-2247-5 , p. 18.