Hormin

Hormin in hieroglyphics
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	Hormin before two Horus children and before Hathor as the tree goddess

Hormin was an ancient Egyptian official under the kings Seti I and Ramses II in the 19th Dynasty . His most important titles were head of the royal harem and treasurer .

supporting documents

Hormin is best known from the remains of his grave in Saqqara . This grave was located by the Lepsius expedition in the 19th century . Its exact location has since been lost again.

Lost property

Blocks from his burial chapel ended up in various museums around the world in the 19th century. A relief is now in the Louvre and shows Hormin in front of Seti I, who stands in the so-called window of apparition and rewards the official with gold. Different blocks are in Cairo , they show Hormin and his wife May in front of different deities and before Hathor , who appears here as a tree goddess and gives water to both of them. Another block shows the funeral ceremonies. There is also a statue of Hormin on which the name of Ramses II is mentioned. The official is perhaps also called the King and the Goddess in the New Egyptian tale .

literature

Wolfgang Helck : On the administration of the Middle and New Kingdom (= problems of Egyptology. 3rd volume). Brill, Leiden 1958, p. 354.

personal data
SURNAME	Hormin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian treasurer and head of the royal harem
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	13th century BC Chr.