Inpu-em-anch

Inpu-em-anch is the name of a high, ancient Egyptian official who worked during the late 3rd Dynasty and possibly at the beginning of the 4th Dynasty . It is generally dated to the rule of kings Huni and Sneferu .

Name and title

Inpu-em-anch's name means “ Anubis is in life”, although the reading is apparently controversial because Hermann Ranke puts a question mark behind the translation.

Little is known about Inpu-em-ankh because his grave has not yet been discovered. All information about his life and career comes from the funerary inscription of his son, Metjen . The epitaph shows that Metjen had inherited and taken over many of his offices and titles from Inpu-em-anch, so that it can be assumed that both of them enjoyed a high position at the king's court. This is underlined by Inpu-em-anch's title of judge . Inpu-em-ankh is of interest to Egyptology , despite the sparse information , because it is mentioned in connection with ancient Egyptian inheritance traditions . His son's grave inscription is the first in Egyptian history to provide deeper insights into contemporary inheritance.

Inpu-em-ankh was married to a lady named Neb-senet . She is referred to as "his wife" and "mother" of Metjen.

literature

Wolfgang Helck : Investigations on the thinite period (= Egyptological treatises. Vol. 45). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-447-02677-4 , pp. 268-274.
Hermann Ranke: The Egyptian personal names. Vol. 1. Augustin, Glückstadt 1935 ( online as PDF ).
Toby AH Wilkinson: Early Dynastic Egypt. Routledge, London / New York 2001, ISBN 0-415-26011-6 , pp. 113, 147.

Individual evidence

↑ Hermann Ranke: The Egyptian personal names. Vol. 1, p. 37, No. 8.

personal data
SURNAME	Inpu-em-anch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian official of the 3rd and 4th dynasties
DATE OF BIRTH	27th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	27th century BC Chr.

[1] Hermann Ranke: The Egyptian personal names. Vol. 1, p. 37, No. 8.