Ipuki

Portrait of Ipuki's wife from grave TT181.

Ipuki was an ancient Egyptian sculptor of the 18th Dynasty who was active in Thebes and is known for his tomb TT181 .

Ipuki was the son of Senetjer . He was during the reigns of the Pharaohs from Thutmose IV to Amenhotep III. active (1397 to 1351/50 BC) and probably involved in furnishing both graves. He is best known today for his grave (TT181) in Thebes, whose inscriptions also contain information about himself , including his title as "Supreme sculptor of the lord of the two countries". He shared the grave with another sculptor named Nebamun , with whom he probably also worked. Nebamun probably married Ipuki's widow and could therefore also use his grave. He is portrayed in front of his wife in his grave. It is unclear whether he also worked on his own grave. The common grave is the last grave of artists in the official cemetery of Thebes; all subsequent artists of Thebes were buried in Deir el-Medina , where the craftsmen who worked on the graves also lived. It is unclear whether the outline artist Hi , who is also mentioned in the inscription, was the brother of Ipuki or more likely from Nebimen.

literature

• Sandra Luisa Lippert: Nebimen (I) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 551.
• Yvonne Ott: Ipuki . In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike. Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , pp. 360–361.

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