Djefi

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Djefi was a mayor and head of the priests who officiated in Qus or Koptos in the ancient Egyptian First Intermediate Period . As head of the priests , he also had secular duties to perform and was thus also governor.

Djefi is known for three steles, all of which probably come from Naqada , where the Qus cemetery was located. On the stele of Chenmes, he reports that Djefi sent him to Iuschenschen , a city that Chenmes found destroyed and then re-founded. The head of fabrics of the great house , Hasi, reports that he served for the head of the priests , Dagi, and his son Djef (probably short for Djefi). Djefi was the son of a priestly chief and followed his father in office. A third stele reports that the elder of the house, Senen, was counting grain when there was a famine under the mayor and priestly chief Djefi.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henry George Fischer: Inscriptions from the Coptite Nome, Dynasties VI – XI , Rome 1964, 65 (Stele Chicago Oriental Institute 12105)
  2. ^ Fischer: Inscriptions from the Coptite Nome , 66 (Stele Kairo , Ägyptisches Museum CG 1649)
  3. ↑ Fischer: Inscriptions from the Coptite Nome , 67–68 (Stele Cairo Egyptian Museum CG 20500)
personal data
SURNAME Djefi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Djef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Priest head
DATE OF BIRTH around 2100 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 2100 BC Chr.