Ipi (vizier)

Ipi in hieroglyphics
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Ipi was an ancient Egyptian civil servant with the high title of vizier . He probably officiated at the beginning of the 12th dynasty .

Dating

The exact dating of the Ipi is controversial. He is not named outside his grave, although there is a possibility that he is identical to a treasurer of the same name. For architectural reasons, it has recently been assumed that his grave can be dated under Amenemhet I , at a time when this ruler still resided in Thebes .

His grave

Ipi is definitely only known from his grave ( TT315 ) in Thebes. The unfinished grave has a large courtyard and a smooth facade carved into the rock, from which a passage leads into the cult rooms, from which a passage leads down to the burial chamber. Cult rooms and burial chambers were found undecorated. Only the sarcophagus , which was embedded in the floor of the burial chamber, is decorated with religious texts, representations and the titles and names of Ipi.

In the courtyard of the tomb there was a chamber in which all objects that were used in embalming and after Ipi's mummification were placed there. There was a large embalming table and numerous vessels with soda and linen .

In the courtyard there was also the burial of the Meseh, in which the famous Heqanacht letters were found. Heqanacht was a funeral priest of Ipi, whose correspondence with his family has been preserved in another part of Egypt.

See also

• List of viziers of ancient Egypt

literature

• James P. Allen: The high officials of the early Middle Kingdom. In: N. Strudwick, J. Taylor (Eds.): The Theban Necropolis: past, present, and future. British Museum Press, London 2003, ISBN 0-7141-2247-5 , p. 23.
• Rasha Soliman: Old and Middle Kingdom Theban Tombs (= Egyptian sites .). Golden House Publications, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-906137-09-0 , pp. 115-119.