Ipschemuabi

Ipschemuabi in hieroglyphics
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Ipschemuabi was a king of Byblos who lived around 1790 BC. Ruled.

Ipschemuabi is best known from his grave (No. II) in the royal necropolis of Byblos. The grave was found largely untouched and still contained a number of valuable objects and was richer than that of his father Abischemu , which was also found unlooted and connected to him by a passage. In the grave chamber of grave II there was initially the ruler's large undecorated sarcophagus , which was carved from white limestone . Various additions were arranged around the sarcophagus, including mainly clay vessels. In the sarcophagus there were other additions, including gold-plated weapons, mirrors that probably come from Egypt and gold jewelry, including a pectoral that was inlaid with various stones, a neck collar , a pendant in the shape of a shell with the image of a falcon and the name Ipschemuabi written in a cartouche. A partly gilded obsidian chest was found with the name of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhet IV. A silver vessel may come from the Aegean region. Hardly any remains of the corpse were found.

The ruler's name was found on two objects, whereby he once explicitly referred to himself as the son of Abishu. He bears the Egyptian title "Hati-a-en-kupna" ḥ3.tj-ˁ-n-kpn - " Mayor of Byblos ". Thanks to the additions, Ipschemuabi can be dated as a contemporary of Amenemhet IV. Its rich tomb decorations show strong Egyptian influence and testify to the close ties between Byblos and Egypt at that time, which can also be seen from the fact that byblos was using the Egyptian script at that time .

See also

• List of the kings of Byblos

literature

• Pierre Montet: Byblos et l'Egypte, Quatre Campagnes des Fouilles 1921–1924 . Paris 1928 (reprint Beirut 1998: ISBN 2-913330-02-2 ): 143–48, 155–204.

Individual evidence

1. ^ K. Galling: Byblos. With a double board. In: Journal for Old Testament Science. 43, 1925, pp. 225-242, doi : 10.1515 / zatw.1925.43.1.225 .