Isi (treasury manager)

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Isi (treasurer) in hieroglyphics
Surname
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1st title
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Imi-ra-per-hedj
Jmj-r3-pr-ḥḏ
Head of the Treasury

Isi (also Izi ) was an ancient Egyptian " treasurer " in the 4th Dynasty and thus one of the highest palace officials of his time. Isi is known from eleven blocks of his grave, which are now in Copenhagen ( Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ), Cairo and above all Moscow ( Pushkin Museum ). His grave, which was probably located in Saqqara, was found during illegal excavations around 1890. The blocks came to the museums mentioned in the following years, with Moscow receiving eight blocks, Copenhagen three and Cairo only one. A certain Nefretwennes with the title “ King's Known ” ( Rḫ.t-nsw = right-nesu), who was probably Isi's wife, appears on these blocks . Two other people are Nikauhor (likely a son) and Hetepnub (likely a daughter).

The most important title of the Izi was " Treasurer ". His other titles were:

  • " Head of the great domain " ( Jmj-r3-ḥwt-ˁ3t = Imi-ra-hut-aat)
  • " Groß an Bezet " ( Wr-bst = Wer-beset)
  • " Head of the royal jewelry " ( Jmj-r3-ẖkrt-nsw = Imi-ra-chekeret-nesu)
  • " Head of the Gaue of Upper Egypt " ( Sšmw-sp3wt = Seschemu-sepaut)
  • " Head of the team house " ( Jmj-r3-gs-pr = Imi-ra-ges-per)
  • " Writer of the royal charter " ( Sš-ˁ-nsw = Sesch-a-nesu)
  • " Bearer of secrets " ( Ḥri-sšt3 = Heri-sescheta)
  • " Head in the northern districts " ( Sws3-sp3wt-mḥwt = Swescha-sepaut-mechut)

The dating of Isi is uncertain. There is no king name on the blocks. Above all, the scene on his false door , which shows a linen list, is more typical of the early or middle 4th dynasty.

literature

  • Svetlana Hodjash , Oleg Berlev: The Egyptian Reliefs and Stelae in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow . Aurora Art Publ., Leningrad 1982, pp. 22-33.
  • Mogens Jørgensen: Catalog Egypt I (3000-1550 BC) . Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 1996, ISBN 87-7452-202-7 , pp. 48-51 (No. 11-12).
  • Nigel Strudwick: The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom. The highest titles and their holders . KPI, London 1985, pp. 65-66 ISBN 0-7103-0107-3 .

Web links

  1. ^ Nigel Strudwick: The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom , p. 66
personal data
SURNAME Isi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Izi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian treasurer
DATE OF BIRTH 27th century BC BC or 26th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 27th century BC BC or 26th century BC Chr.