Horwedja

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Horwedja ( Horus is healed ) was a high ancient Egyptian official who served in the 26th Dynasty under King Necho II (610 to 595 BC).

He is only known from two objects. It is a fragment of a statue and a situla . Horwedja carried the title of head of the gates of the (southern) foreign countries . Horwedja was thus responsible for the southern border areas of Egypt, perhaps even for all of Upper Egypt . On his statue is a short biography: I was, who was commissioned many works on the mountain (= quarry) a ... to make ... obelisk .

literature

  • Diana Alexandra Pressl: officials and soldiers. The administration in the 26th dynasty in Egypt (664-525 BC) (= European university publications . Series 3: History and its auxiliary sciences. Vol. 779). Lang, Frankfurt am Main a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-631-32586-X , pp. 207-208.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Translation of the name according to Hermann Ranke : Die ägyptischen Personalennamen. Volume 1: Directory of Names. Augustin, Glückstadt 1935, p. 246, No. 23, ( full text, PDF file ).
  2. ↑ Inventory of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology : UC 14634 ( Statue on Digital Egypt ).
  3. ^ Inventory of the University of Chicago Oriental Institute .
personal data
SURNAME Horwedja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 6th century BC Chr.