Hormeni

Hormeni in hieroglyphics
Hormeni Hor-meni Ḥr-mni Horus has landed

Stele of Hormeni

Hormeni was an ancient Egyptian official who lived at the beginning of the 18th Dynasty around 1500 BC. Lived. He was mayor of Hierakonpolis , but also had duties to do in Nubia . Hormeni is best known for his stele (Inverntar No. 2549), which is now in the National Archaeological Museum in Florence . There is a short biography on the stele. The stele was purchased from Ippolito Rosellini . The exact location is unknown.

The upper part of the stele shows Hormeni and his wife sitting on a chair on the left. Hormeni is holding a lotus flower . The inscriptions identify him as the scribe Hormeni and his wife Djiat. In front of them stand three women who are the daughters of Hormeni: Hormeni, Ahmose and Ahhotep. Below this scene is the stele text that begins with a sacrificial formula. Here Horus of Nechen (Hierakonpolis) and Osiris in the midst of Nechen and Anubis are invoked. The biographical part of the stele reports that Hormeni was mayor of Hierakonpolis for many years. He was praised by the king and delivered the dues to the king every year. He also reports that he grew old in Wawat (Lower Nubia), which suggests that he also had administrative duties there.

In Hierakonpolis is the grave of a Hormeni , which is probably his burial place. The stele may come from there. The grave and thus Hormeni are dated under King Thutmose I.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sergio Bosticco: Le stele egiziane del nuovo regno (= Cataloghi dei musei e gallerie d'Italia ). Istituto poligrafico dello Stato, Rome 1965, pp. 22-24, no. 14.
2. ↑ James Henry Breasted : Ancient Records of Egypt. Vol II. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1906, pp. 20-21 ( §§ 47-48 ).