Kasa (civil servant)

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Ka-sa in hieroglyphics
Surname
D28
V16

Kasa / Saka
(Ka sa) / (Sa ka)
K3 s3 / S3 k3
My Ka is my protection
1st title
r
O48

Ra-nechen
R3-nḫn
Spokesman for Nechen
2nd title
D4
Z2 		M23
X1

Iriu-nesu
Irj.w-nsw eyes (?) Of
the king

Kasa (also Saka ) was an early Egyptian high official who served under King ( Pharaoh ) Hor Den ( 1st Dynasty ).

Name and title

Kasa's name is evidenced by numerous ivory plaques in the tomb of King Den. As a high official he had titles such as “Speaker of Nechen” and “Eyes of the King” , although these titles remain uncertain in their readings and interpretations, as they are seldom attested.

dig

His tomb is unknown, but it is most likely one of the still anonymous mastabas in Saqqara . Several of his counterparts were buried there. Until the beginning of the 2nd dynasty , it was an ancient Egyptian tradition that some members of the royal family had to follow the ruler to their death.

See also

literature

  • WM Flinders Petrie : The Royal Tombs of the first dynasty. 1900. Part I (= Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. Volume 18). Egypt Exploration Fund et al., London 1900, ( digitization ) p. 44, version 28 ( digitization ).
  • Dilwyn Jones: An Index of ancient Egyptian titles, epithets and phrases of the Old Kingdom. 1st volume (= BAR - International series Volume 866). Archaeopress, Oxford 2000, ISBN 1-84171-071-7 , p. 491.
  • Wolfgang Helck : Investigations on the Thinite Age (= Ägyptologische Abhandlungen. (ÄA) Vol. 45). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-447-02677-4 .
  • Ludwig David Morenz: picture letters and symbolic signs. The development of the script of the high culture of ancient Egypt (= Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Volume 205). Friborg 2004, ISBN 3-7278-1486-1 .

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Alternative reading: Iri-nechen

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Ranke: The ancient Egyptian personal names . Page 321.
  2. ↑ Ludwig David Morenz: picture letters and symbolic signs. P. 103.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Helck: Investigations on the thinite age. Wiesbaden 1987, p. 170.
  4. ^ The 1st Dynasty Tombs of Saqqara in Egypt
personal data
SURNAME Kasa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ka-sa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian official of the early Dynastic period
DATE OF BIRTH around 29th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 29th century BC Chr.