Dagi (vizier)

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Dagi in hieroglyphics
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Relief Dagi Met.jpg
Relief from the tomb of Dagi showing himself; Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York (inventory number 12.180.246)
Plan of the burial chapel

Dagi was an ancient Egyptian vizier of the 11th dynasty who lived under Mentuhotep II and probably under Mentuhotep III. officiated.

Dagi is best known from his grave ( TT103 ) in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna and from mentions in the mortuary temple of Mentuhoteps II . He initially appears in the mortuary temple as the “head of the gate guard”. This title is also the official title on his sarcophagus , which was found in his tomb and which is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo . From this position he was promoted to "vizier". His tomb was probably enlarged with this promotion and was decorated in relief and wall paintings. He also appears as a vizier in the ruler's mortuary temple.

The exact definition of his term of office is uncertain, but before him a certain Bebi was in the office of vizier. Since no further viziers are known to be under the ruler at the royal court, Dagi probably officiated after Bebi at the end of the reign of Mentuhotep II and perhaps still under his successor.

See also

literature

  • James P. Allen: The high officials of the early Middle Kingdom. In: Nigel Strudwick, John H. Taylor (Eds.): The Theban Necropolis. British Museum Press, London 2003, ISBN 0-7141-2247-5 , p. 22.
  • Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss , Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I. The Theban Necropolis. Part 1. Private Tombs. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Griffith Institute , Ashmolean Museum , Oxford 1970, pp. 208, 216–217, Map V ( PDF file; 21.9 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bertha Porter, Rosalind LB Moss, Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I. The Theban Necropolis. Part 1. Private Tombs. 1970, p. 216.
personal data
SURNAME Dagi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian vizier
DATE OF BIRTH before 2010 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 21st century BC BC or 20th century BC Chr.