Idi (vizier)

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Idi was an ancient Egyptian vizier at the end of the Old Kingdom . His father Schemai was also a vizier. Both are best known from a series of royal decrees from Koptos (see: Koptosdekrete ). A statue of Idi has also survived (Brussels, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire No. E.4355). He is mentioned in two inscriptions in Wadi Hammamat and there is a biography of him in the grave of his father Shemai. In this inscription Idi reports that he procured stones (probably for a sarcophagus , the inscription has been destroyed here) for the king. The ruler's name is not well preserved, but it is probably Neferirkare II. In the Wadi Hammamat inscriptions he reports that he broke stones for the local prince Tjauti -iqer.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maha Farid Mostafa: The Mastaba of SmAj at Naga 'Kom el-Koffar, Qift. Volume I: Autobiographies and related scenes and texts. Ministry of Antiquities and Heritage, Cairo 2014, ISBN 978-977-6420-04-5 , pp. 34, 109-110, 158.
personal data
SURNAME Idi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian vizier
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr.