Ipuia

Ipuia in hieroglyphics
	Detail from the second stele: Ipuia and his wife

Ipuia was a high ancient Egyptian official at the end of the 18th or the beginning of the 19th dynasty. He is best known from his tomb in Saqqara , which was excavated at the beginning of the 20th century.

Ipuia carried the title of Colonel of the Goldsmiths and was certainly one of the leading officials in the royal workshops in Memphis . His wife was called Nefertari.

His grave was found near the Teti pyramid in Saqqara, where numerous New Kingdom tombs were excavated. Most of the time, only a few blocks were left of his grave. The grave stele that shows Ipuia in front of Osiris and Harachte and carries a hymn to Re is well preserved. Another stele shows him and his wife in front of Osiris as well as the two seated with their children. A single block shows a workshop in which various things, such as a chariot or a stele, are produced. Noteworthy is the lower part of a wall showing the breeding of horses. Remnants of another wall show funeral ceremonies around a lake.

literature

JE Quibell , AGK Hayter: Teti pyramid, north side (= Excavations at Saqqara ). Services des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Cairo 1927, plates 9–13.

personal data
SURNAME	Ipuia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Colonel of the goldsmiths
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century BC BC or 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	13th century BC Chr.