Maiherperi

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Maiherperi in hieroglyphics
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Lion of the battlefield

Maiherperi , also Maherpra , was an ancient Egyptian courtier who was buried in the Valley of the Kings . His burial chamber bears the modern designation KV36 . He most likely lived at the time of Amenhotep II in the 18th dynasty . His name can be translated as "lion of the battlefield".

Official and function titles

Detail of Maiherperi on a papyrus in his Book of the Dead

Maiherperi was titled “ frond bearer on the right of the king ” and “child of the cape ”. This is why there is speculation that Maiherperi is a prince of a vassal area who grew up in a royal children's institution. He was the first courtier who was allowed to bear the title of frond bearer. This is a special honorary position. This suggests that he was a close confidante of the Pharaoh, perhaps also his adviser or bodyguard. This later marked the viceroy in Nubia .

Dating

When Maiherperi lived is controversial. Queen Hatshepsut's name can be found on the linen in his grave . It was therefore assumed that he lived during her reign. However, his grave is located near the burial chamber of Amenhotep II. The more recent research therefore assumes that he lived during his reign. The objects found in both graves also fit together better stylistically.

Burial chamber and mummy

Maiherperi's tomb is KV36 and is located in the eastern Valley of the Kings . It was discovered by Victor Loret in 1899 . The shaft grave with chamber is small and undecorated, but the chamber was found intact. It is 3.79 m long, 4.04 m wide and about 1.57 m high. The area is 15.3 m². The depth of the shaft is 6 m. At the time of the excavation, this was the first grave in the Valley of the Kings, which was largely untouched. The finds are in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo .

Loret found the relatively well-preserved mummy stowed in several nested wooden coffins, but the coffins had already been broken into and the mummy looted in antiquity . The grave robbers let both the funeral jewelry and all metal objects go from the chamber. A gilded paper mache mask was left behind. The mummy was unwrapped by Georges Daressy in March 1901 . Upon closer examination, it was a man about 24 years old. As suggested by the copy of a book of the dead found in the grave, the mummy had the body features of a black African .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c D. C. Forbes: Tombs, treasures, mummies: Seven great discoveries of Egyptian archeology. Sebastopol Calif. 1998, p. 104.
  2. ↑ Nicholas Reeves, Richard H. Wilkinson: The Valley of the Kings. Augsburg 2000, p. 180.
  3. ^ I. Munro: Investigations into the Book of the Dead papyri of the 18th Dynasty. London / New York 1988, p. 51.
  4. ^ Atlas of the Valley of the Kings. (No longer available online.) Theban Mapping Project, archived from the original on May 6, 2014 ; accessed on November 14, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thebanmappingproject.com
  5. ↑ Book of the Dead of Maiherpri. On: wysinger.homestead.com ( Memento from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Nicholas Reeves, Richard H. Wilkinson: The Valley of the Kings. Augsburg 2000, pp. 179-181.
personal data
SURNAME Maiherperi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 15th century BC BC or 14th century BC Chr.