Hori (vizier)

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Hori in hieroglyphics
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Hori
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Hori (also Hori I ; † before 1176 BC) was an ancient Egyptian vizier of the 19th and 20th dynasties .

He was the son of the high priest of Memphis Hori and grandson of Prince Ramses II Chaemwaset .

Hori initially served as a vizier under Seti II in Memphis , until he was transferred from Siptah to Thebes . There he administered the king's mortuary temple . He also led construction work in the Theban necropolis and quarry work in Gebel el-Ahmar and near Aswan . Hori's tenure was relatively long. He survived the end of Queen Tausret and was still under Sethnacht and Ramses III. in office. He should be before the 12th year of Ramses III's reign. must have died, since at this point Vizier Ta is already occupied.

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  1. a b Wolfgang Helck: Lexicon of Egyptology III. P. 1.
  2. Alexandre Varille : Karnak I (= Fouilles de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire (FIFAO). Vol. 19), 1943, p. 25.