Kagemni

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Kagemni in hieroglyphics
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Kagemni
(Ka gemni)
K3 (j) -gm.nj
My Ka is the one I found
Vizier Kagemni - 5th and 6th dynasty of Egypt.jpg
Relief of Kagemni in his mastaba

Kagemni (short form Gemni , "beautiful name" Memi ) was an ancient Egyptian vizier under Pharaoh Teti ( 6th Dynasty ).

Teaching for Kagemni

Kagemni is probably identical with the vizier of the same name from the doctrine for Kagemni , which has only come down to us in a manuscript, the Papyrus Prisse from the Middle Kingdom . There Kagemni is set in the time of the kings Huni and Snofru ( 3rd / 4th dynasty ), but a vizier Kagemni is not known from this time. It can be assumed that the doctrine was only written towards the end of the Old Kingdom and that Kagemni was fictitiously ascribed as the recipient.

family

No father is mentioned in his grave in Saqqara. As the author of the teaching for Kagemni (and thus as Kagemni's father) a vizier named Kairsu is considered, who appears in the teaching of the papyrus Chester Beatty IV as a famous sage next to Ptahhotep . Kairsu is also depicted on a relief in Saqqara ( Daressy fragment ), which shows "famous men of the past".

Kagemni's wife Nebtinubchet Seschseschet was a daughter of Pharaoh Teti and is depicted on a relief in her husband's tomb. She bore the title of a natural king's daughter .

Grave and cult of the dead

The mastaba of Kagemni is located in the Teti district in Saqqara , north of the Teti pyramid . It is 32.5 × 33.3 meters in size and includes 10 differently built interiors. The 3-pillar hall to the south shows dance, hunting and boat scenes. In the other rooms you can find birdcatching, fishing and sacrificial scenes. One representation shows a rare ritual trumpet play that was performed during the cult of the dead. In the north-eastern part of the grave, a “stairway to heaven” built into the masonry leads to the roof, where two 11-meter-long ship-shaped pits are embedded, which were probably intended for the solar boats.

In the immediate vicinity of the grave, traces of a special divine veneration have been preserved, ranging from the Herakleopolitan's period to the early Middle Kingdom.

literature

Web links

Commons : Kagemni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ H. Ranke: The Egyptian personal names I. Glückstadt 1935, p. 341. 2.
  2. ↑ a b Hellmut Brunner: The wisdom books of the Egyptians. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf / Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-7608-1202-3 , p. 133.
  3. ↑ a b Eva Martin-Pardey : Kagemni. In: Wolfgang Helck (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie (LÄ). Volume III, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1980, ISBN 3-447-02100-4 , Sp. 290-291.
  4. ↑ The teaching of Ptahhotep is the second wisdom teaching, which is next to the teaching for Kagemni on the Papyrus Prisse.
  5. ^ Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-500-28857-3 , p. 77.
  6. ^ Dieter Arnold : Kagemni (Gemnikai). In: Lexicon of Egyptian architecture. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-491-96001-0 , pp. 117-118.
  7. ^ A b Emma Brunner-Traut : Egypt: art and travel guide with regional studies. W. Kohlhammer, 5th edition, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-17-009037-2 , p. 514.
  8. ^ Hermann A. Schlögl: The ancient Egypt. 3rd edition, CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-48005-8 , p. 104.
personal data
SURNAME Kagemni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gemni, Memi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian vizier
DATE OF BIRTH 24th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 24th century BC BC or 23rd century BC Chr.