Huy (soldier scribe)

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Huy was the king's scribe to the Lord of the Two Lands and scribe to the soldiers of the Lord of the Two Lands at the end of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt . He is known for three blocks of his grave decorated in relief and a double statue. His grave was at the Teti pyramid in Saqqara . A block was found on Lepsius' expedition , who brought him to Berlin in 1845. It is now in the Egyptian Museum Berlin (Inv. No. 2087). Another block was excavated by James Edward Quibelldiscovered at the Teti pyramid and published by him. He also found a statue of Huy and his wife Merysachmet. Another block from the grave is now in a magazine in Saqqara. The location is unknown.

There is no king's name on the blocks of his grave. Huy can only be dated stylistically, according to which he probably lived at the end of the 18th dynasty.

literature

  • Steffen Wenig : The grave of the soldier scribe Hwj. Investigations into the Memphite grave reliefs of the New Kingdom II. In: Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the Berlin Egyptian Museum. Berlin 1974, pp. 239–245, plate 32
personal data
SURNAME Huy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scribe of the soldiers of the lord of the two countries
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century BC BC or 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 13th century BC Chr.